OWL - OVER THE MOON
1999
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... this ghostly spirit hovers above the moon...
With a familiar and poignant species such as the Barn Owl, study is particularly important – whether you want to make a three line drawing or a romantic little piece such as this.
My researches took me in a number of directions: to an Owl expert in Buckinghamshire, who had watched and raised literally hundreds of Barn Owls; and to a small but fascinating aviary in an agricultural college in Wiltshire.
I arrived at the college to watch their Barn Owl fly, to find that the bird had died in the night. However, they very kindly allowed me to take the body away, so that I was able to perform a dissection on it. This provided all the vital information I needed to understand its structure and, most of all its movement.
This little bronze was the resultant study. I had planned to continue on to make a piece from beaten and welded copper, but life and other work overtook that project.
In the meantime this study has gone on to a life of its own in this. It was a suggestion from a client that she would like the piece to ‘fly’ from the wall, which brought about the introduction of the Moonlit. I have often found that working together like this can have wonderful consequences.
- Category:
- Fauna
Location: Indoor
Size: Small
Dimensions: Wall mounted: 14cm x18cm x 42cm H [Moonlit: 5cm Diam]
Medium: Bronze & Sterling Silver
Edition size: Edition of 10
Collection: Private and Artist`s Collection
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