The well dressed sculptor will wear - plastic - garbage bags to be precise and the latest in rubber boots - but the wet grinder is pretty good. And the shaping came along quite nicely. However there is still quite a bit of equipment and material lacking... a big drill for stainless rods - a piece of granite - lots of little things that Andrew Bryant "just happened" to have lying around - and a generous nature to go with.
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| Andrew attacking the red gum/iron bark that used to be a railway sleeper |
Having set it up there was a lot of finishing - so back to the studio and sand, sand, sand - a bit of chisel, sand, sand again, water spray.... oh yes a meal or two and say hello.... will it ever be right?
And then to the various hard wares for sealer and oil for the wood... getting exciting - which day are we setting up? St Patrick's Day - the better the day, the better the deed!
And there we were at the show - most of the work was in - people had various shifts so we weren't all there at once. And Mark coped magnificently with getting the paperwork done and everyone in a good spot - more than 100 good spots in an exhibition - only Mark could do it!
And then fussing with the level - and is it quite right here? Can it tell the story of that moment in the Black Queen when
Gale's lamp made me so present and aware - of the story of light as we humans love it.
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| A Moment in the Story of Light - Lightning Ridge sandstone, red gum, stainless steel, granite |
