Earthseed #1001 Broomhill

Earthseed #1001 Broomhill

A frustrating setback: the new cable I have ordered is a slightly different shade of blue. Easy to be corrected I hope. But there is always humour - it is not often that an electrical supplies business is confronted by a client who is returning an order and re-ordering due to the shades of cable not matching!

Earthseed #1001 Broomhill

To make it easier for me to secure the wire underneath the piece I have been fortunate to have the use of a forklift [courtesy of a friend who owns www.itsmykit.com ]. This has made the whole operation so much easier and quicker.

With the weight of the sandstone and cable (now 300+ metres) it was becoming too difficult to tilt it and then prop it safely for me to have convenient access.

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the shape is deviating from the clean swollen lines which I had originally intended; the wavy and indented contours are giving it a life that has become more inkeeping with it being an 'earthseed'.

The body is starting to take shape. Although I had a fairly clear expectation of how I thought the form would develop, I'm finding that as I progress it feels as if it is starting to dictate to me how it should grow.

Today a passerby in the workshop stopped, looked at the 'basket weaving', thought for a few seconds and then asked, "What are you recovering from?" So this is what therapy is all about.

I did my first run of cable around the 'seed'. About 2 metres. Only ±400 to go. Already feel as if I'm getting into the flow of it. The actions of securing one loop to another are quite exacting and obviously quite repetitive. I feel a dose of iTunes / Spotify and the radio fast approaching.

Finished welding the framework which will support the carved stone.

Original sketch of my proposal