Westport Installation

                                     

a few more plantings and  retention....and I will be done

                     

Garden Sentinel

Last of the large guys for awhile, half way done with project.

Garden Sentinel

Hypertufa shells

Over sized shells for installation of fossil wall.

hpyertufa Instillation

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hypertufa shells

Garden Sentinel - Hypertufa

                                                   Its day 2 for this one. He had to be done in 3 stages as I could not keep up with the fresh hypertufa mixing - shaping-drying. This is my first object of this size and I am feeling a hint of trepidation about the integrity.... sometimes you can follow all the rules verbatim and still fracture!

mushroom

Morel,,.. after a few inquires I made this to see if it sparks any cash flow... 

Unidentifiable Mushroom

Garden Sentinel

the new woman in my life

hypertufa mermaid

not my best effort, but this medium has limits.

advertising photos...maybe?

Garden Sentinel

Creating with a hibernating muse, I guess sometimes you just go through the motions till inspiration grabs your hand.

ready to enter the world

Garden Serpent Cement

                                                              A Establishment ask for something interesting  and large, but needed it in 2 days for some special occasion. so this is a re-vamped version of a serpent I did awhile back.

Water vessel (Hypertufa)

ankh of hypertufa

taking them to market and need to figure a price out, I don't know if the public will  understand them anyway

Garden Sentinel

 

     

                                       somethings got to change on this guy, he bores me.

                                                                 
I added on to his head, nose and crown and I still dont want to
 suckle this one.

I think I waisted good cement, but I learned from my pricey mistake.

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Cement fossil and artifact

These are some smaller pieces that have been laying around asking to be finished, today,  I gussied them up for urban life.

Hypertufa, Art and objects for the Garden

new born

we were not bonding, fugly.

I am feeling better about our relationship and he is feeling more confident and colorful with his  tribal/Mayan  flare.

Hypertufa, Art and objects for the Garden

2 more days to cure and he can leave the building.

 I made him a hat, (the last one became a mushroom cap) but the more I look at it it screams bird bath (see small picture above). I am determined to have one guy ware a rice hat!

I wanted to give this guy more interest, so I gave him a tan bath and a  head dressing. as he drys the color will dull to a clay/ sand hue.

  .the symbol for truth at his crown

I Ching coins?...don't know yet