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20th August 2015, 04:09 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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The tree trunk
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20th August 2015, 04:14 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Disappointing to not see any pictoral evidence.
I suggest that you google "Guiseppe Penone" to see what he has done with dozens of tree trunks over many decades.
It follows that I brought home a couple of small 12" x 96" tree trunks. Just to experience GP's activity.
Exhausting. No idea where his energy and stamina came from. Nonetheless, quite an experience.
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21st August 2015, 07:12 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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I reckon this is the carving in question..
Guinness Book of Records for creating the world's longest ...
<cite class="_Rm">www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Guinness-Book-Records-creating-worlds-longest.</cite>
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21st August 2015, 09:17 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Parochial? yes, but let's not forget Tasmania's Wall
http://www.thewalltasmania.com/
I wonder if these guys undertake such huge projects so they don't have to wonder what they will do next so frequently?
Philip.
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22nd August 2015, 08:53 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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I'd like to see both of those. What I admire the most is the choice of subject: human activities.
I find it very hard to imagine that all the characters and fixtures of the Chinese effort have been carved in situ.
Guisepe Penone: In spite of the small log size and my weak efforts, I have never been so exhausted
swinging a mallet. I can remember laughing to myself one evening.
Out loud, I said: "I can't pick that mallet up even one more time, let alone swing it."
Was a 30oz/940g lead-core carving mallet.
Actually, I quit and tossed both logs. Got in maybe 5cm, all was well, then began to hit
one resin pocket after another. The consistency of honey.
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Hey Robson.
Just had a squiz at some of Guiseppe Penones' work. You are right that is amazing work. Thank's for the tip.
Here is a little taster of him starting one of his sculptures.... The end result is pretty cool.
Well worth looking up his works.
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23rd August 2015, 05:53 PM #7
dang I hope this works but sometimes I really wonder about the Chinese artists
I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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24th August 2015, 01:43 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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artful: thanks for pulling up a picture of Penone.
He did a whole lot of attractive & smaller work.
So in a fit of ambition, I thought: "all I need is a junk log."
While I failed, it certainly gave me an appreciation for process.
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