Shadrach's Lamps

[Shadrach]

OK, I was thinking this one was "just" a sculpture because I could see no way to wire it up as a lamp. I'm all eyes now!

My bad. Force of habit I guess. It is a sculpture and not a lamp so you can close your eyes.

 

[Shadrach]

I hoard odd bits of wood. There, I've admitted it.
It gets worse. Not only do I hoard them but I keep a few bits in the house to study and talk to; the chickens aren't always here.

This is another piece of Arboc (strawberry tree).
It isn't suitable for a conventional style lamp and even after a rough clean up there are lots of places it could all go horribly wrong with a chisel slip, or worse still, a fumble and I drop it! Yup, it has happened.
Given I seem to have avoided a nervous breakdown doing the sculpture in the posts above, I've had a sudden flush of confidence and inspiration and though I might have a go and turning this into a bit of a sculpture.
The large hole shown in the last picture is probably going to have to go; at least the front of it. There is no way I can get into all the crevices to clean them up while the wood makes a full circle..ish.
It gets very thin in places and that can be a major headache.
Having had a bit of a prod and poke, I've been pleasantly surprised to find a lot more solid wood than I expected. What's more, there are some fabulous colours in this piece.

I'm going to split one of the cherry billets I have later. Cherry is lovely to work with. It cuts and sands easily and the pieces I've got look fairly uniform throughout.

 

[bruceha2000]

I hoard odd bits of wood. There, I've admitted it.

Recognizing your addiction is the first step to recovery

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I hoard odd bits of wood. There, I've admitted it.
It gets worse. Not only do I hoard them but I keep a few bits in the house to study and talk to; the chickens aren't always here.

This is another piece of Arboc (strawberry tree).
It isn't suitable for a conventional style lamp and even after a rough clean up there are lots of places it could all go horribly wrong with a chisel slip, or worse still, a fumble and I drop it! Yup, it has happened.
Given I seem to have avoided a nervous breakdown doing the sculpture in the posts above, I've had a sudden flush of confidence and inspiration and though I might have a go and turning this into a bit of a sculpture.
The large hole shown in the last picture is probably going to have to go; at least the front of it. There is no way I can get into all the crevices to clean them up while the wood makes a full circle..ish.
It gets very thin in places and that can be a major headache.
Having had a bit of a prod and poke, I've been pleasantly surprised to find a lot more solid wood than I expected. What's more, there are some fabulous colours in this piece.

I'm going to split one of the cherry billets I have later. Cherry is lovely to work with. It cuts and sands easily and the pieces I've got look fairly uniform throughout.

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There are some lovely possibilities in that Shad. I look forward to seeing what you create!

 

[Shadrach]

This sculpture is called Arboc.
It is the first piece I've done with the intent of producing a serious sculpture.
The pictures are compressed so they shouldn't slow the site.
It's not perfect. If it is perfect then it isn't art, it's product, my friend Hugo says.
The commission was to make something people would want to touch. A step further was to make the piece portable and still touchable with no pointy bits. This meant it either had to have a very rounded base that flowed into the sculpture, or have a detachable base. I went for the detachable base.
The person who commisioned the piece had seen the basis of this loitering at the back of many of the other pictures I've posted. In essence the commission resurrected the piece of wood.
I was asked to put a carving on the piece, but the more I looked at it the more I though any carving depicting a thing would spoil the piece. One way round this was to carve a picture into the base. The tree limb carved into the base is a depiction of a limb of the tree arboc; the round thing being the fruit the tree produces.
This piece has generated some comment from people who have seen it. The pictures this time and in the light they were taken in gives a fair representation of colour. At night, in slightly dimmer light the piece looks darker and deeper.
I'm going to try my hand at some more sculptures. The lamps do to a certain degree limit what shapes I can make.

 

[bruceha2000]

It is lovely Shad! So many different angles and curves. It is like many sculptures in one depending on what "face" you are looking at.

It's not perfect. If it is perfect then it isn't art, it's product, my friend Hugo says.

I agree with Hugo!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It is lovely Shad! So many different angles and curves. It is like many sculptures in one depending on what "face" you are looking at.



I agree with Hugo!

Ditto.

Looks extremely touchable.

The carving on the base is beautiful and look at all the shades of colour in the wood!

 

[Sequel]

That really is just wonderful!!!

 

[MaryJanet]

This sculpture is called Arboc.
It is the first piece I've done with the intent of producing a serious sculpture.
The pictures are compressed so they shouldn't slow the site.
It's not perfect. If it is perfect then it isn't art, it's product, my friend Hugo says.
The commission was to make something people would want to touch. A step further was to make the piece portable and still touchable with no pointy bits. This meant it either had to have a very rounded base that flowed into the sculpture, or have a detachable base. I went for the detachable base.
The person who commisioned the piece had seen the basis of this loitering at the back of many of the other pictures I've posted. In essence the commission resurrected the piece of wood.
I was asked to put a carving on the piece, but the more I looked at it the more I though any carving depicting a thing would spoil the piece. One way round this was to carve a picture into the base. The tree limb carved into the base is a depiction of a limb of the tree arboc; the round thing being the fruit the tree produces.
This piece has generated some comment from people who have seen it. The pictures this time and in the light they were taken in gives a fair representation of colour. At night, in slightly dimmer light the piece looks darker and deeper.
I'm going to try my hand at some more sculptures. The lamps do to a certain degree limit what shapes I can make.


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There's a joyousness in this piece!

 

[rjohns39]

Just beautiful Shad