Giant Owl in Wiltshire

Anthony made this owl from a deck of a clapped out  sit on lawn mower. It had gaps caused by rust. But it had the eyes and the widow's peak of an owl. It sits in the beech tree of Stewart Penny Services in Upton Lovell; he repairs and sells garden machinery. It was a thank you present for the gift  by Stewart of bits and pieces for sculpture. Some old Jerry cans from his sheds became golden dogs. See below. The tails are old lawn mower blades. 

Birdhenge filmed by Lighthouse Cat Productions

Lighthouse Cat Productions filmed the Scraptors sculpturemad garden and Birdhenge

Insect and dog in sculpturemad garden

 

The dogs meet the forest creatures in Wiltshire sculpturemad garden

 

The forest is a borrowed landscape, jiejing in Chinese. Snowdrops in the foreground.

Green Man work in progress

This will be a Green Man in the spring when the offshoots of the lime tree will be in leaf. The eyes are Volkswagen hub caps, The edging is an old hosepipe, the mouth the remains of a car boot  and the tongue a car bonnet. The first  aconites  are a harbinger of the spring. 

Paul paints an old London Taxi

 

More of my painting exploits, this time an old 1950s London Taxi. I have been painting at the graffiti event 'Styles of Somerset' held in Glastonbury for a few years but this year I was asked to paint a lovely old London Taxi. I jumped at the chance and I really enjoyed working with the forms of the taxi. The owner had seen my work before and said do what you like which for me is the best way to approach any artwork. The art flowed out easily over the forms and curves of the taxi and I employed a very freestyle layering kind of approach which I think has worked well. The vehicle still runs but had to be towed as it's not currently road legal, it was towed back to its home by  Rolls Royce Silver Ghost which was a sight to see, I will try and upload a film of that when I can as it was quite fun to watch.

Paul paints a Letter L for Salisbury Story Trail

Paul also makes spray paint/graffiti works as well as being part of the Scraptors. He was commissioned by Salisbury council to paint a 3D letter L which made up the word Salisbury with each letter in different locations around the city. Learn more about the Salisbury Story Trail here:https://www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk/salisbury-blog/2021/august/the-salisbury-story-trail/

Paul used elements of the craved heads found at Old Sarum nearby and elements of medieval stonework to create the freestyle graffiti Esque painting which covered the Letter L. The letter itself was made by Signs in Motion of Salisbury who also installed the piece in the city center you can find out more about them here:https://www.instagram.com/signsinmotionltd/.

Here is an article about the story trail in the Salisbury Journal https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/leisure/19543502.salisbury-story-trail-launches-city-centre/