11 GRANITE SCULPTURES
Geometric sculptures made from stacking like and mixed shaped pieces of granite and marble.
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Albums: Rock Gardens
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Comment by Chris Brown on June 13, 2011 at 1:43pm -
Hey, Thanks for all the great encouragement!!! i am proud to say that I finally finished the project, and will upload a photo shortly...
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Comment by Chris Brown on April 24, 2011 at 12:25am
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Gary, wow, the fountain idea is definitely plausable... however, I have three dogs and I imagine it would be a mess. However, if I begin to sell these, that option will be considered. Krissy, once I collected the pieces, putting it together wasn´t too bad. The grinding and drilling of the holes was quite tedious though. I have now made two exact opposites, side by side, and quite a bit taller than this picture shows.... I will photograph it soon and post it here.
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Comment by Greef on April 16, 2011 at 6:30am -
Really like the shape..i just pictured a water fountain coming out of the centre and running down...;)
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Comment by KRISSY on April 15, 2011 at 2:04am -
Interesting tidy piece, how long did it take to complete?
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Comment by Chris Brown on April 13, 2011 at 1:13pm
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Thanks so much, guys. Yes, it is very heavy..... somewhere around 2 to 3 thousand pounds. I am planning on building three more of them, spiraling in opposite directions, standing right next to each other in an "X" pattern as one looks from above. That way i can anchor them together at the top, and the symmetry would stand out. Right now I have already prepared the stones for the second of the four. I hope to sell the thing then and pay for a chunk of my mortage Mo, no, I haven´t given up on squishing bugs LOL.... I still have plenty of scanned images left from two years ago and will be delighting you all with them as time allows!! I do still hope you will find a moment to send me some of your own to work with???? If you are serious about having a sculpture, let´s talk about it. Some good bug scans from you just might get you a huge discount!
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Comment by Sandra Henderson on April 13, 2011 at 12:31am -
Love the flow of this piece Chris!
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Comment by Wendy Johnson on April 12, 2011 at 11:54pm -
Nice form and flow to the piece but wow it must be heavy! Look out Kitty!!!!!!
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Comment by Tammy Seaman on April 12, 2011 at 11:51pm -
Wow really interesting piece! Kitty seems to like it too :-)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIc02QBihJQ&feature=share&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAPZn5TEyM&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg&index=41
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