I have been out of action for a while so it has been good to make some shavings ! The Sussex Guild, of which I am a member, set a theme for an upcoming exhibition entitled "Celebrating Sussex". I chose to attempt to reflect a Downs Landscape and a Seascape in my pieces. For me a Downs landscape is about rolling interlocking curves with seemingly random outcrops of trees and bushes such as at Chanctonbury Ring. So I chose a natural edged piece made from Sussex Beech and cut in from the edge to remove a curved section. This was then glued back to overlap the space it left. The start of the cut was reinforced with metal rods epoxied in and hidden inside a routered out piece of bark. Finished with OSMO oil. The other one is a direct representation of the so called iconic cliff line between Seaford and Eastbourne, taking in Seaford Head, the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head. The horizontal and vertical distances were scaled but I used a bit of licence to make the vertical distances bigger and better for me visually. The sea and cliff top are painted with Jo Sonja acrylic and crackle medium. Timber is Sycamore with acrylic sanding sealer and 22 wax. Comments would be welcomed.
ATB John