Driftwood Horses.

[curiouswombat]

I saw the Heather Jansch on the television the other night, talking about her driftwood sculptures - and had to share.

Most of her sculptures are horses - here is an example






Aren't they wonderful? And all made from wood she has found on the shore.

To see more, here is a link to her gallery - The stag made me think of the Greenwood...

Comments

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Those are amazing. I love the bear.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The bear is really neat, isn't he? Properly fuzzy.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

The horses are fantastic!
She has managed to make them look quite real from a distance in their stance and movement.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is quite amazing just how real they look - on TV she was looking through a great pile of driftwood, picking and choosing, then weaving the different pieces into the whole - and a horse was just... emerging.

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

I really like that. She has really captured the essence of a horse.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

She really does do that - and in the gallery is a stag, which somehow encapsulates stagdom as well.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Those are wonderful.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Aren't they? I was fascinated when I saw her on TV.

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

Stunning!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You should so have the stag in your garden...

[just-ann-now.livejournal.com]

Wow!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They really are something else. I can see the Rohirrim being stunned by them.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Aren't they? I was fascinated when I saw her making them on TV the other night.

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous, and just a tad bit creepy, in the best possible way.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They are almost, but not quite, skeletal horses. But they do seem to be quite friendly skeletal horses.

[shirebound]

Those are amazing!

Maybe the artists among the Rohirrim, obtaining driftwood from the southern beaches, would come up with something like that.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. There is a real sense of Dol Amroth meets Édoras about them, I thought.

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

She certainly understands the essence of horses. Her other animals are good too.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

She certainly understands the essence of horses.

That is it perfectly.

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Oh, my that's wonderful.

Julia, some time it's just the act of holding an object at the right angle that releases its mening.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Aren't they gorgeous? I am rather taken with the bear in her gallery, too.

It was fascinating watching her on TV doing just that - holding pieces of wood up, turning them, considering, then either adding them or putting them back on the pile.

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

WOW!

At first I thought they were real.


Just wow!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I was so amazed when I saw them that I thought 'I have got to share these!'

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Neat! Horses just lend themselves to sculpture, don't they?

We have These (http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2008/08/i90_horse_sculpture_may_get_up.html) on a ridge overlooking the Columbia River-- you can see them from I-90. About three hours east of Seattle!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh I like those! Probably a deal more durable than the driftwood ones, to.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I do like that! What beautiful sculptures. I do admire people who are clever enough to create those sorts of things.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They are fascinating - I watched the little bit on TV about her wide-eyed with admiration.

And have you seen - up the comments a bit - that Ann has written a short Tolkienverse comment fic?

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Oh these are stunning!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Aren't they? I would love to see them in the flesh, so to speak.

And, in an earlier comment, Ann has a little ficlet inspired by them.

[makd.livejournal.com]

they are indeed wonderful. Thank you for sharing them.

wow....just....wow.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I was quite blown away when I saw her on TV - it was just a 5 minute clip but I thought I must look this person up, and share!

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Isn't her work gorgeous? I've been keeping an eye on her stuff for years. If I were rich...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Rich - and with a lot of space and then - oh yes!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

They are stunning!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Aren't they just!

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Magical!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I was fascinated when I saw her working on them - it really is like magic.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Those are great!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Aren't they? Oh for a win on the lottery of more than £10!

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

Oh I saw that programme too - aren't they utterly amazing? I am awed that that she can pick out the most appropriate piece by eye. If I had the money I'd defo buy one... trouble is, it'd take up most of my garden and scare the bejjabers out of the cats... either that or it'd become the most expensive scratching post in the world!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it on the One Show? I think it might have been - and I hardly ever watch it, but was doing something and didn't switch off - much to my great pleasure!

I can just see one of them becoming a very expensive scratching post.

And have you noticed Ann's 'comment fic' for it a bit further up the comments?