Real materials 11:
"Sea and Sky"
by Seth
(March, 2007)

The initial design I drew in late 2005 while fiddling with the idea of a rotating tessellation-- one that would show dolphins underwater, then jumping, then reeintering the water.

As shown at left, the bird was initially a spoon-billed heron. I later changed the bird to a cormorant (which truly dives underwater to catch fish), and finally settled on a generic crane-like bird.

Here is each step in the creation of this piece:

• 1>> Sketch on paper
• 2    Sketched on wood.
• 3    Rough-drilled
• 4    Mostly carved
• 5    Partly painted
• 6    The completed piece