• Garden sculpture of Pan in red granite

    sculpture

    Meanwhile, the model for Pan in plaster finished. It has become a droll little statue of the faun Pan, carrying the reed flute in his hands.

    plaster model for a granite garden statue of the forest god Pan
    multicolor red granite for garden statue of Pan

    Now I want it to carve it in granite, and I intended it for a garden, in a corner, at eye level, where you would pass by regularly and run into him. I think in a soft red granite, with a finely chiselled finish, will come into its own beautifully. On the left a picture of the kind of granite I'm thinking of using, only this red is much brighter because it is polished.

    Koen van Velzen carved tombstone Bert and Ernie from red granite

    Chiseled it will be much milder in colour, for example, like the tombstone with Bert and Ernie I once carved.

    It's un-commisioned work, and the sculpture is for sale: about 90 x 45 x 50 cms wide, and then to be placed on a base of about one meter high, in the same material.

    Also the garden image ‘Turning A New Leaf’ is for sale. It is 2,5 meters high and carved out of a light coloured granite, carved completely open. It's meant for in a garden, to interact with the vegetation surrounding it. Update: 25 april 2015 is de ‘Turning A New Leaf’ sold, by the way.

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  • A model for a new panipitha

    PP2, temple

    The last few days I spent doing the preliminary work for carving a granite panipitha. Other than earlier panipithas this one will be square. A panipitha, often called a yoni however, is a base for a Shivalingam, which in itself is a symbol for the infinte Divine. Panipitha means water chair. Lingam and panipitha together stand for Shiva-Shakti, or Being-Consciousness-Bliss and Manifestation thereof. Initially I made a drawing on the computer in Sketchup when he, but I'd rather see it live.

    To see if the proportions were right and to practice on carving the lotus leaves, I started with a full size working model in green foam (50 x 50 cm on top, with a spout of approximately 20 cms wide, and about 43 cms tall). In this foam, which is very easy to work by sawing, rasping, cutting and the like, I can still easily adjust the shape. After that I started with a leftover piece of granite to carve a test piece, to see how it works with the lotus leaves.

    In the meantime, I am also working on other assignments, including the plaster sculpture of Pan. When that is finished, I'm going to find a piece of red granite to carve it out of.

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