Wolf Kiessling
02-16-2004, 12:04 PM
I finished this item about three years ago and thought about posting only because it is going to go on display tomorrow for about two months. It will be in the Leslie Powell Gallery, one of the Southwest Oklahoma charitable foundations. Some of y'all might enjoy it.
The pedestal is mesquite, the "Merman" is aspen, the mermaids and starfish are basswood and the spear is cottonwood. Some of you might be interested in the fact that I have entered it into woodcarving competition seven times, always in the Mythological Category, and it has won everything from 1st place to Honorable Mention. At the Cincinnati show, last year, it also finished in the money by taking one of the merit awards. Some may also be interested in the "Merman". This is a critter of my own creation which came about as I was carving a realistic seahorse about five or six years ago. As I was shaping the head, I got thinking that if I put a humanized face on this thing, the elongated snout of this pipefish could be a beard. He underwent about four or five incarnations until I came up with the final version pictured here. I have some individual carvings of this guy where I call him "King Neptune's Guard". The title of this piece is "Imperium Neptuni Regis".
The pedestal is mesquite, the "Merman" is aspen, the mermaids and starfish are basswood and the spear is cottonwood. Some of you might be interested in the fact that I have entered it into woodcarving competition seven times, always in the Mythological Category, and it has won everything from 1st place to Honorable Mention. At the Cincinnati show, last year, it also finished in the money by taking one of the merit awards. Some may also be interested in the "Merman". This is a critter of my own creation which came about as I was carving a realistic seahorse about five or six years ago. As I was shaping the head, I got thinking that if I put a humanized face on this thing, the elongated snout of this pipefish could be a beard. He underwent about four or five incarnations until I came up with the final version pictured here. I have some individual carvings of this guy where I call him "King Neptune's Guard". The title of this piece is "Imperium Neptuni Regis".