Preliminary drawing for the buzzard commission 2009
Stone bought from Albion stone on the Isle of Portland, Weymouth.
Side profile of the stone
Back profile
About 6 months into the carving showing both original profile and carved profile
Finished Buzzard, Dec 2009
Photoshop edit of the sculpture site at Willowwrey Farm, Devon. Installation Jan 2010
A few images to show the scale
Overall the whole process took a year of on and off carving sessions, with an overall time of 140 hours from stone to bird.
2009 – year of the buzzard
Hames
This absolutely remarkable and you should be very proud, as I ceratinly am. Well done and good luck always.
As ever
Dad
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