Video: Winged dragons made of common driftwood: wonders of woodworking
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Snag to snag, branch to branch - it's hard to believe that such a gorgeous dragon was created exactly like a puzzle, carefully picking up every part, every detail and finding the right place for it. The mythical wyvern, tumbling hares, horses racing in the coastal waves - all of them were created by a talented sculptor from the Philippine Islands.
Create sculptures James Doran-Webb (James Doran-Webb) started as a child, then he still made them from papier-mâché, but already at that time he realized how important it is to know the structure of the body of all those animals that he wanted to create from paper. James was not interested in making just a standing beast, he wanted movement, a plot in his works. And later, when Doran-Webb began to work with wood, the man remembered his childhood hobby and decided to try to create animals from snags - just like in the papier-mâché technique, folding piece to piece, layer to layer, until a full-fledged figure is obtained …
In the early 2000s, James began working with wood furniture. Then "crafts from wood" were just a hobby. Now the sculptor has completely switched to work with his favorite work. In his workshop, besides James himself, he also works with a small team that helps him sort and clean the driftwood. To make wooden sculptures more stable, the sculptor uses a metal frame - this ensures not only the durability of the structure, but also its strength.
The last works of James Doran-Webb were two dragons - wyverns (this species of mythological animals has only hind legs, and the front ones are represented by powerful wings). One of the sculptures is called " Wyvern in baobabs"(The Wyvern in the Baobabs) - a winged dragon has landed on a dead tree and terrorizes the inhabitants of the neighborhood. The second is" Wyvern Quirk " (Wyvern's Folly). This dragon sits on a gazebo made of recycled plastic and looks around curiously.
Racing Horses were the first notable sculptures by James Doran-Webb that made the author famous. Some time ago, we talked about them in detail in the article "Wooden Horses: Snag Sculptures by James Doran-Webb".
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