Northfield Arts and Crafts: Ken Elliott


wooden sculpture Swoop

2019

Representing the flowing shapes of a bird in flight.

Constructed in glued laminated redwood pine strips using polyurethane glue. Epoxy resin and polyurethane varnish coated. Fastened with stainless steel screws.


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Swoop in a garden setting


the construction process
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making the curved beams

from four laminations of redwood pine glued together

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the completed shapes

ready for sanding, resin, and varnish coating

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assembled and coated

in the workshop