Olive wood sculpture

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You saw the hidden beauty of a piece of tired old root and turned it into something to be admired. This is lovely Michael, it looks very tactile.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 31 Jul 10:01:30

Wow Michael, you're a man of many talents! This does remind me to some extent of some olive wood sculptures I saw in Israel. The contours and natural lines of this piece are really attractive.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 31 Jul 12:59:54

It looks wonderful Michael!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 31 Jul 14:08:55

I love it! Clearly inspired by the Olympics - Judo I guess. Get John Lewis to display it at, say, £500 (not too ambitious just yet) and you've opened up whole new career. Terrific!

Posted by Terry Roberts on Tue 31 Jul 16:01:42

This is beautiful Michael, what talent you have.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 31 Jul 19:31:17

Thanks all - it was certainly fun to do

Posted by Michael Edwards on Tue 31 Jul 21:53:51

Olive wood is so attractive with beautiful colours Michael. You have made it look like a beautiful little sculpture.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 01 Aug 07:29:06

You certainly have a talent for finding and modelling an object of beauty:)

Posted by Pat Harris on Wed 01 Aug 22:21:20

Very much appeals to me. Good to look at, tactile and a talking point.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Fri 17 Aug 06:48:03

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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Thought I would pop this one in the gallery - something different! I found a piece of olive root in the middle of Sardinia and brought it home - it was dirty and I had no idea what to do with it but there was just something about that attracted me to it. When I got home I started carving and shaping it and out of the grot came forth lovely contours and colours. It has a quite different form depending on the angle it is viewed from which adds to the interest. I polished it and put felt pads on the base and, voila, a modern sculpture - it stands at about 6 ins high. Hope you like it.

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