Gafpa Arts & Words

Monday, 17 February 2014

Aboriginal Pukumani Pole

28 February 2014 - neck and beak need fine-tuning

16-February-2014 After hibernating

I use the Aussie Arbortech woodcarver a lot

23-June-2013 Aboriginals use Ironwood, I think Ash approaches it.

7-June-2013 I saw this Pukumani pole in the AAMU Utrecht

I chose this ash tree trunk. I like ash, but it is very heavy and tough.

Logging/cutting/pruning in our street 23-February-2013

Friday, 14 February 2014

Vladka - the Vladimirskaya Icon

Two icons of two strong women 14-February-2014.

My final "model" was a blend of three. From left to right:
The "Novgorod", the "Classic" and the "Moscow" Vladimirskaya.

This book of Moscow Icons - a gift from my wife for our wedding - had a picture of the "right" Vladimirskaya with the green backgound. The miniatures were less suitable, though.

We went to Moscow in 1991 and the Tretyakov Gallery happened to be closed for 'remont', so we missed Vladka. We did see other ones though, notably in the Uspensky Sobor.

Some inspiration

1 April 2013 The green paint was the catalyst.

Friday, 24 January 2014

Constructivist samovar tray

I found this Soviet type electric samovar offered on the internet for very little money

Following some Internet sleuthing, it turned out to be a Tula samovar.

http://www.tulasamovar.ru/catalog/electric-samovar/378/

As I was testing and trying out

I felt I needed some kind of tray

And I went for constructivism

As a matter of fact, I already possessed a samovar or two...

One I bought in 1991 on the Arbat in Moscow from a group of lads, a true Soviet type of samovar.

I use this one for summer nights in my garden or barbecue parties.
http://www.tulasamovar.ru/catalog/samovar-flame/372/

Самовар жаровый  советского периода формы банка граненая листьями
Материал полированная латунь.
Объем  5л
Диаметр трубы: 65мм
Производитель Россия  г. Тула завод Штамп
Гарантийный срок 5 лет.

Товар в наличии

14 000 руб.

14,000.00 RUB = 288.494 EUR (2014)

DM40 (1991)