Posts tagged stone hive
Woodcut Reverie 

The imagery I drew on for the woodcut depicted the recently built sculpture, a slate floor that I designed and laid for our host, and a bird's eye view of the surrounding islands. Bordering the three scenes was a pattern adapted from a rug in the cottage where we stayed. The print extended my relationship to the land art beyond the time I spent making it. And it was a purely personal artwork produced in a manner that harkened back to my earliest artistic strivings. Sometimes the best direction forward is discovered by going back.

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The Stone Hive

Maybe it comes from experience, or maybe it is innate, but I do have a nose for stone. Time and again I stumble upon obscure sources of loose stone if I just start wandering around. The talent, if it can be called that, extends to moments during the walling day when a particularly sized and shaped stone is required for a spot on the wall. Without it being in sight, I will ferret into a stock pile to immediately come up with the hidden gem, waiting just below the surface. 

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