It's great to have artist friends that understand what I'm trying to do with my wood art. A part of the wood I use has been given to me by these friends. In an earlier post I mentioned friends in Oracle that supplied me with more manzanita wood than I will be able to use in my lifetime.
The wood for this piece was donated by Tucson friends. Bob had a grapefruit tree that died and he gave me access to as much of it as I wanted, Grapefruit is a very light colored wood with a close grain texture which makes it a pleasure to work with. The oil finish turns the wood to a light yellow color, hence the name for this piece, The other wood used is mesquite which gives a nice contrast.
The piece is apromixatly 14 inches tall and uses the typical construction strategy's applied to my other vessels. The fiberglass shell was formed over a foam core, later removed. The mosaic of mesquite pieces were cut and fit individually. The shape of the top piece of grapefruit wood gives a suggestion of some type of life form or comedic character.
*More detail can be found on my art at my website <www.apatchablue.com>
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