ANNE'S MEMORIAL SCREEN

This garden screen is being created for Grenfell Community Health in memory of Anne Cobham (an angel), a community nurse who died last year from a brain tumour. The girls are creating a garden in her memory, the sunflower was a much loved flower of Anne's and a symbol of schitzophrenia which was an area of interest to her. The screen isn't finished yet and I will keep you updated as to it's progress, of course it will need to rust before it is acceptable! When the girls first visited me and I showed them a sketch of my idea, they were
amazed that it was exactly what they had in mind! The construction of the sunflowers was tedious with the cutting and grinding of 31 petals for each flower, not my usual style as I like to use found objects, but this is a special project and it has opened my mind to further ideas.

IBIS

This was one of the first sculptures I made and it resides next to a sandstone water bowl that a friend made. I think the header tines make wonderful feathers for birds and I use them a lot. They are getting harder to find though!

YABBIE

Yabbie was also inspired by our trip to Tasmania, and a visit to Dismal Swamp which had freshwater crayfish living in the rainforest. This was one of the easiest sculptures I've made so far! 3 horse shoes a plough tip some old tools for nippers and old fencing wire and there you have it a little creature to sit beside the garden pond.

PETE THE PELICAN AND ME!

This is a photo of me in my monstrous glory mig in hand working on a pelican sculpture, inspired by a trip to Bateman's Bay where the pelicans were perched on telegraph poles. He is made from Reo-bar, steel plate, header tines, slasher blade and combes.

EMU

This little emu was created from a plough disk, twisted star picket, cogs, barbed wire, pipe and railway sleeper plate. The new owners were delighted.

BIRDS IN FLIGHT

These are made from 2 different plough tips which when put together look like a Welcome Swallow. Suspended on a length of thin rod they happily fly in a medium breeze and occasionally make a lovely melodic clang.

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