Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
This little companion sits on my desk. It is fashioned from Fimo clay, a plastic polymer that can be formed and sculpted into amazing pieces. I am totally taken by the fine work and images that cover this piece. The detail reminds me of a beautifully detailed woven rug. In addition to the repeated patterns, its back includes images of tiny hummingbirds (my favorite!), butterflies, and a dragon fly. It fits in the palm of my hand. A tiny piece of art can fill ones soul.
On Friday I posted a photo of some of the beautiful woods available at Edensaw in Port Townsend. It led a local blog follower, George Seifert, to share with me photos of some of the marquetry work he has done with woods from Edensaw. George noted that the work was copied from an original design by John Jeggo. That should not detract from the beauty of this work on which George placed 353 separate pieces of wood. Isn’t it gorgeous? See what I mean about the beauty of wood grain? Thank you for sharing, George.
This wood sculpture was on display at Edensaw Woods when we stopped there recently. Entitled “Mesa Thunder” it’s by J. Chester Armstrong who is described as “The world’s foremost chainsaw sculpture [sic] from Three Sisters Oregon.”
The detail and movement of the sculpture is gorgeous. (It can be yours for $60,000.)
This sailing ship mural is on the side of a building in Port Townsend. When I searched for information about it I was surprised to learn that it was “a gift from the Chinese in the 1800s.” And that was it for detail.
The Peninsula College Longhouse multipurpose room has Native American artwork on display. This is “Portrait of an Ancestor” by Makah artist Greg Colfax.
This is “Wild Woman of the Woods” by another Makah artist, Micah McCarty. I’ve heard a couple of versions of the wild woman legend this represents. They seem to center around fierce old women who lurk in the woods, ready to snatch up bad children.
We don’t have a lot of graffiti in Sequim but it can sometimes be found under our bridges. This happy looking crab is on one of the concrete piers under the Ward Bridge that I showed you yesterday.
Some of the murals I saw in Reykjavik were colorful, like this one.
And this one. Its colors seem to subtly wrap around the edge of the building on the horizontal panels, above left.
But the mural didn’t need to have a lot of color to be interesting, like this one in a residential area.
The detail was amazing.
Are you ready to see some of the other reasons we went to Iceland? I’ll show you tomorrow.