" Both Tool and Fine Art"

I will start this post by offering a simple explanation of the illustrations that appear here on this blog. There are new viewers that may not have read the earlier post, so an update of simple proportions is in order. There are two types of art work shown here each week. The first type are printed images from stone graphic plates. These are printed with a wax crayon I use dry media to print the artist proofs because ink might damage the fragile stone surface. At some point these stones will be printed by expert hands with the proper tools, but that is beyond my work. The second type of illustration is of course a photographic image of a particular rock that is the art itself, such as a particular effigy stone. So now with this explained lets look at the two photographs of the week.

The first is a beautiful sculpture based on the bird motif. A long graceful neck is folded back in traditional “Sleeping”or possibly this might be a “Preening” pose. The second photographic image is both sculpture and tool which is often the case in effigy stones. Here we see the outline of a rabbit, note the ear that makes this stone pallet easy to hold. It is a shallow bowl about 4 inches long. When not in use, it is a free standing sculpture carefully balanced to stand with amazing stability quite literally on its edge!