Faux bois Wedding gift ❤️❤️#18

It turns out I did the first finish coat in white concrete. I have decided to put another coat on in the great concrete.

Here you can see the difference between the white and the grey Portland concrete.

I also have a repair to make on a back leg.

Repair made

The new underside top coat with personalization note for The newly weds.

The year the married 1/3/2018 and there names griffin Joseph Klement and Alexandra Marie Groome Klement

With love from me- Mom -cindee Travis Klement and Curtis Joseph Klement

The inspiration is from my grandparents yearbook page so I added my maiden name to the left of my name. I put the Klement last name between both sets of names.

Adding a stump to this root. I am on the fence on this.

Faux bois Wedding gift ❤️❤️#15

Today I poured 30 lbs. of white concrete and 29.5 lbs. of grey Portland for the seat. In the mix was .5 lbs. of the ashes of Robert Ira Travis, my dad. He was born on December 10, 1927 he passed away March 24, 2018. When I measured out the ashes thIs small metal piece was in his ashes. I think it must have been part of one of his four hip replacements or two knee replacements. It was like finding the toy in a box of cracker jacks. I think Griffin and Alex will enjoy it embedded in their piece.

Bolt, name and ashes of R.I. Travis.

I used the white concrete to create motion in the old wood.

I went a little crazy

The seat has lots of rings from burls in the plank. Griffin and Alex love bugs and mushrooms (the fruit of fungi) both of which cause burls. The seat of their bench is riddled with big burls.

A sweet knot with some severe old wood cracks.

Once the piece hydrates for 5 days I will take a sander and smooth down the seat.

I gave the birds a knot to perch on.

Another view of Bob Pa’s moment in the bench.

Every few hours I check on the marks to make sure they have not filled in. There is a lot of concrete on the seat and the white concrete is taking a long time to set.

Peace pigeon #22

Last fall I started a project - an experiment with new materials. I made a new sculpture every week, with a new material. My subject the German beak - trumpeter pigeon. He is graceful, interesting and conducive to expressing energy. Picasso drew this same pigeon and called him a the peace dove.

http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/reviews/May_June_10_Ina_Cole/Pablo_Picasso_Ina_Cole.html

I can't seem to stop the project. Here is another pigeon, I found him on our afternoon dog walk.