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Ferns completed

ByKoen van Velzen 10-07-201312-02-2026

The sculpture is all waxed up and ready for transport. It's called 'Ferns’ and is based on a specific type of leafy ferns, that unfolds in curls .

Below a few pictures of the finished sculpture; it's just that at the end of the day only the back side was in full sunlight. Oh well, 'on the back side also live people,’ they often said if you had to finish something that really does not come into view. So here goes: a good view of the back!

Nasty the first message about this project.
Nasty the next post about this project.

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