When the Man comes around

He's starting to get Messiah-like overtones, my Man of the Woods.
What's he up to?
And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see"

DA Datta Dayadhvam Damyata

Perun - El Aleph

Resultaat van een workshop gegeven door Herbert Nouwens op 13-12-2008, de Dag van de Maker onderdeel van de programmaserie "de hand van de maker" van RTVNoord.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perun

Man of the Woods

Uath? Enkidu? The Green Knight?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_man

Hrothgar

I made him a one-eyed king, as I see him a hero of yore, blind to the future, essentially tragic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrothgar

Hrothgar - a one-eyed king

Yesterday I made the makeshift crown, today I made a stand, the crest - a gold shamrock - is still drying.

Grendel's head

Nearly completed - with hair on trial but no teeth yet. Mark the Cain's Sign

Face du jour

There are faces everywhere. Almost anything may change into a face and hence, into a mask

Man of the Woods

AKA Green Man
Uath
Woodwose

[Early version 1995]

Try-outs:

[Sketch 24-10-2008]

[Autumn leaves 2008]

Beech log - Cuckoo clock weights - pipe cuttings

Tools

There's a story behind all of my tools . Ancient heirlooms iron-fah .

Halfway

This is going to be a really long-term project...

Van Werkoverzicht

Wooden heart

Yew, copper, brass

The tell-tale heart

Barn-owl almost finished

Work in progress: Owl

September - update

Current project at my sculpture course
Grendel's head [chestnut]
Work started April/May 2008

Metal teeth to be added later.
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More on Grendel

Latest work

After the Etoumbi mask

Aradia

My chisels

Hrothgar [2008]

Minus crown

Beeldhou[w/t]werken

Tête du jour [6/2008]

Parovoz

STAR 1-5-2008

Moving sculpture

Wooden heart

[4/2008]

Little work and less progress

Smaug [12/2007]

Ne this ne dagath eastan, ne her draca ne fleogeth

Dit is net de dage yn it easten,
ek net de draak dy't hjirhinne fljucht

Houtwerk

Grendel's arm [detail]

Me at work