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Started with a chainsaw in 2012...

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and finished it this week.
In 2012, I had to cut down a larch. I had an idea of a sculpture and cut away a lot of the excess, but even then the stump was quite heavy and it was not easy to bring it home. When all cutting was done, I treated the wood with a gas torch and finished it with two coats of linseed oil.

Working on sculptures from time to time is only kind of a therapy for me.
 

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Thanks a lot to both of you for your kind words!

@Cherryville Chuck: I don't know, what it should be called, because I am no artist and don't know much about art. It was simply an idea which I wanted to realize.
@gmercer_48083: The real working time wasn't that long, because I started with a chainsaw for rough-cutting and an electric drill. But of course I also used chisels for making the slots and rasps too. It took so long because I developed several ideas for the implementation and rejected again. In between were always some long pauses.
 
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Yes you are an artist, Uwe, you had the vision to see something special where others only saw a log. I'll suggest a name for it: I would call it "Life" because it reminds me of the DNA double-helix.
 
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I agree with the above comments, Uwe.

I see a whale....
 
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Wow Uwe. I agree with Jon. The ability to use imagination to see what's hidden inside an object and to bring it out is awe inspiring to me. That is art.
 
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Thank you very much, Steve!
Where to display, that's a good question. I could not find the right place until now, but I think it will stay in our garden.

I saw the rooster on your blog. That is a beautiful carving and I like the way you painted it very much! Wonderful work!
 
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