I'm so excited, I finally got my sculpture that I commissioned.
My aunt, who is an artist, had mentioned that she wanted to get her husband, a former shop teacher who can fix anything, to start doing his own art, specifically metal sculptures. I immediately suggested that he could make me a garden sculpture. I decided I wanted something reminiscent of a Solomon's Seal (Polyganatum biflorum), so I emailed them this drawing.
(This demonstrates quite clearly why my medium is plants.)
My aunt drew up a design inspired by my drawing, and my uncle built it. This is what it looked like when they brought it over.
(It's four feet tall.) It has already begun to acquire an attractive rust patina.
Thanks, Uncle George!
(This demonstrates quite clearly why my medium is plants.)
26 comments:
MMD, I love that! Kudos to Uncle George!
How graceful. I wish I had a talent like that.
Marnie
How special too...just what garden art should be!
MrMcD, how wonderful. I love the rust patina. Uncle George did great. I have visions of more art in the garden.
MMD, it's wonderful...
Gail
What a great piece of garden art MMD and the fact that your Uncle made it for you makes it special. I love the patina too. ;) By the way Solomon's Seal is one of my favorite shade plants.
That is absolutely beautiful!!! What a wonderful way to acquire a lovely garden sculpture. (Suppose he wants to go "into the business??) ;-)
Congratulations!
Lovely! I would not mind having a "Uncle George", in my life.
Jen
Well it looks like it a winner with all of us. Art is so individual, but I do like the 'plant' theme. Many time art in gardens has little to do with plants and I find myself wondering what the 'heck' is that supposed to represent. Guess that's why I am not an art critic.
By the way, what is that lovely flower on your header?
Groovy! Way to go Uncle George!
This is so beautiful! And much more meaningful than something you could buy at a store.
My "medium" is plants, too; your drawing looks quite good to me:)
Cindy - I'll let my aunt & uncle know of the positive reception.
Marnie - I am related to some very talented people, which is almost as good as having my own talent.
Leslie - I am going to treasure it.
Lisa - I wish my yard was bigger, but I don't want to clutter it up & diminish the impact of this great piece.
Thanks, Gail!
PGL - it is wonderful to have something made just for me. Solomon's Seals are totally awesome plants. Some of mine are over 4 feet tall.
Shady - my aunt wants him to do more as a hobby. Would you be interested in commissioning something?
MBD - as my dad says, if there's ever a major disaster, he wants to be where Uncle George is. He's kind of like the Professor from Gilligan's Island.
Beckie - all art is subjective, but I know what you mean about artwork needing to have meaning within its context. (Maybe you do have the making of an art critic.) The flower is a Japanese Anemone, and will be the subject of a post in the near future.
Beth - I'll pass along the compliment.
Rose - you are too generous about my drawing. It is great to have a unique piece made by someone close to me.
Lucky Lucky YOU!!!! That artpice is so beutiful! Rust in the garden are so nice.. It bringing farward the plants in a nice way.
Linda
Uncle George is a Rock Star!
These are really nice.
Uncle George created a beautiful piece of garden art for lucky you. I could use an Uncle George like that! :-)
Very unique piece of garden hardscape art, and also very nice.
If I may be so bold...would you consider moving it to a location where it didn't have that chain-link fence for a backdrop? It gives it a "prisoned" look. Please don't be offended, if this is where you think it looks best, then I'm way out of line and humbly apologize.
I love that sculpture... how about the next step being to give Uncle George a subtle nudge into creating his own blog/webpage where people can order his creations?
It's cool the way the sculpture sort of floats in front of the fence - you and your Uncle George did well together!
MMD - I've been listening to the weather and flood reports from Chicago and hope you're doing okay. We heard more rain fell on Chicago yesterday than landed on Houston during Ike.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Hi MMD - love. it! The patina is gorgeous. How nice to have something handcrafted by your uncle for your garden.
Hope you're not flooded in your neck of the woods. We have some streets closed down here, some water in the basement and the back yard, but no damage. That was quite some rain! I don't think I've seen anything quite like it around here.
Aren't you the lucky one! Not only lovely, but special due to the connections with your family. Delightful!
I also meant to say, I hope you are not floated away. What a mess this has been. I wonder if it has been a good year for gardening anywhere on earth this year. I guess some years are just like that.
Linda Lunda - you're the lucky one to be so talented that you don't need talented relations. It does set of the plants so well.
Gina - your description makes me smile when I think of it applied to him.
Kim - I know how lucky I am!
TC - I don't know where its permanent home will be. I thought to put it there to distract from the chain link, but I think I'll wait til after the killing frost/freeze to see where it looks best over the winter.
Blackswamp Girl - rumor has it that he really isn't interested in making more. I hope he changes his mind.
Annie - hah! I knew it! I knew we had more rain than Houston. We had only 2 little puddles in the yard (a 1st), but Des Plaines is seriously flooded again, like in '86 & of course Salt Creek has overflowed.
Garden Girl - I hope you get dried out soon!
Barbee - thanks for the good wishes! Everything is fine here at Casa Squirrelhaven.
MMD: Among the benefits of small hardscape features is their mobility. ;~)
MMD,
That is a fantastic sculpture! And big kudos to you for choosing Polygonatum as the inspiration ... too bad he couldn't get the lovely sprays of blooms, but it's such a cool choice you made. Do you also have the variegated variety of Solomon's Seal? One of Fernymoss' work pals gave us a lovely one this spring and it's now planted as the next door neighbor to our Tricyrtis 'Gilt Edge,' which it resembles oddly enough. One for spring blooms and one for fall... hey what a bargain!
TC - true, this is just the right size for me to carry & position.
IVG - as you may have noticed from my drawing, I didn't include any flowers because I didn't want to clutter it up. I had a feeling my aunt would abstract it. I don't have variegated Solomon's Seal, but I put a variegated Disporum into the traffic island in front of the house. What I really want is a variegated Uvularia. Are we variegation crazy?
Hi MMD,
Good choice on your part again ... I naturally thought of the flowers because I love them so much. We're not normally into many variegated plants (those variegated sweet potato vines are atrocious!), but when it comes to Solomon's Seal, how could we refuse? It was good sized, potted and FREE! lol
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