Helen Elizabeth Martins - 'Outsider' Artist, South Africa |
Ah the joys of working the booth...!
Well, this book, Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths, Sculpture and More -- more so than Sherri Warner Hunter's earlier volume --does that. It's a DIY bible for lime types like me.
Sherri Warner Hunter |
Here in Australia the great draughtsman and humorist, Norman Lindsay explored cement sculptor in his garden at Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains , west of Sydney.
And then there is the magical world of concrete sculpture gardens created within the exotic community of self taught Outsider Art gardens which turn a penchant for form on its head.
So, to make a long story short --sharing the know how as this volume by Hunter does is a really hands on plus.
It also helps if your partner is a mozaic artist -- as my Missus is -- looking for surfaces to color up.
It also helps if your partner is a mozaic artist -- as my Missus is -- looking for surfaces to color up.