The Cherubs
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012Here are the last photos of the cherubs, they are fully installed in a beautiful graveyard in Cullen on the North East coast of Scotland looking towards Bin Hill. [nggallery id=163]
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Here are the last photos of the cherubs, they are fully installed in a beautiful graveyard in Cullen on the North East coast of Scotland looking towards Bin Hill. [nggallery id=163]
Cherub Commission. X
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012[nggallery id=151] Well here they are, I still have to carve the inscription and shape the stone blocks. [nggallery id=152] The inscription will be carved on a sunken panel. You will notice a hole under the hands at the front, this is to drain off the water that would otherwise pool. I may put ...
Cherubs IX
Monday, April 16th, 2012[nggallery id=148] Well here are the latest photos, as you can see I have started to carve more detail and there is a hand! [nggallery id=149] I decided to carve feathers between the wing and the shoulder in order to give strength but hopefully make it look delicate. [nggallery id=150] From mittens to fingers, I ...
Cherubs VIII
Monday, April 9th, 2012[nggallery id=146] Well as you can see the beautiful weather is ideal for working outside, this light is perfect for seeing detail and obviously once I have washed the dust off, I can see what needs to be worked on next! Having put the first shapes over the hair I can start ...
The Cherub Sculpture VII
Monday, April 2nd, 2012Before I continued with the carving, I drilled the holes in the bottom for the threaded stainless steel bar that would be securing the 3 stones together. In order to make sure all the holes correspond I marked on the template where they would go, you can see this in the first ...