Rusty Red Squirrel |
In May this year I will be at Delamore Arts sculpture exhibition. This is an annual event held at the Delamore Estate in Cornwood, near Ivybridge. The ground comprise of a large pond, gardens, meadow, tea rooms & courtyard area and an art gallery.
The link below will take you to their website:
I have decided to create a red squirrel. I thought the rusty colour of metal would be very suitable.
With my brief in mind I went to the Delamore Estate to get some ideas of where the 'Rusty Red Squirrel' might go.
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One of the candidates is this lovely tree. |
I was short of rusty materials. Thankfully a lady I met at Saltram Christmas Fayre said I could help my self to lots of scrap metal they had found lying around their newly acquired farm they are renovating.
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Barbed wire, old saw, cabling, chicken wire, bars and other miscellaneous items. |
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Here I am sorting through my findings |
The finished piece. |