Driftwood, a photo from Cornwall, England

Photographer's Note

On arriving at the entrance to the Eden Project we were met by this piece of art; a life-sized sculpture of a horse made from driftwood.

The artist is Heather Jansch, a British sculptor.

After art college, she bought a small hill farm breeding Welsh cobs, specializing in painting traditional equestrian portraits until starting to sculpt. She later moved to South Devon.

Her life sized driftwood horses became her hall mark.
(Wikipedia)

To make these life size sculptures a large supply of driftwood is obviously necessary!

Thanks for looking.

holmertz, jhm, Fis2, pajaran, ikeharel, jemaflor, COSTANTINO, papagolf21, Royaldevon, ChrisJ, clic, PaulVDV, burmaman has marked this note useful

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holmertz (92842) 2020-11-25 8:27

Hello Jean,
Ms Jansch had a great idea to create this horse, and it must have been difficult to find pieces of wood that could be used so well. Each piece looks shaped exactly for this purpose (which of course is just my imagination). The fine wooden horse was nicely displayed in a place with good light.
Best regards,
Gert

jhm (202989) 2020-11-25 8:42

Hello Jean,

You took a very nice picture with this horse in driftwood.
Congratulation to the artist, nice done.
This picture is nice sharp and clear photographed.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John

Fis2 (155599) 2020-11-25 9:33

Witaj Jean!
Very interesting horse sculpture from the roots, the view is impressive.
Good POV, colors and sharpness.
TFS.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

CMJC (4763) 2020-11-25 9:46 [Comment]

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Tue (82232) 2020-11-25 10:17

Hello Jean,
What a wonderful sculpture in the shape of a horse and made entirely of driftwood. You captured ut really well against the textures and the warm tone of the wall. Well done.
Lars

Silvio1953 (205685) 2020-11-25 12:02

Ciao Jean great view of original sculpture, nice scene with musician in action, excellent clarity, fine details, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

lousat (129945) 2020-11-25 14:36

Hi Jean,a very useful post, I did not know this artist and her works are really very original and professional. It seems that this is not his only horse as I read in your notes, and the class in woodworking is evident. Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

jemaflor (135404) 2020-11-25 23:13

Hi Jean,
Impressive and well made artwork with wood, congratulations for the artist. Nice photo well managed, perfect quality, tfs.

COSTANTINO (104143) 2020-11-25 23:14

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
original version
a wonderful piece of art...
the fine wooden horse
was nicely displayed
in a place with a good
light....
regards
Costantino

papagolf21 (152599) 2020-11-25 23:25

Bonjour, cher Jean,
Tout simplement spectaculaire. il faut vraiment avoir du talent et de l'inventivitй pour crйer une telle sculpture.
Le rйsultat est splendide.
Amitiйs.
Philippe

emka (152182) 2020-11-26 0:08

Hello Jean, How cleverly made is this horse sculpture of the old wood. I have seen already similar photos, they are impressive. What an imagination the artists have :). Nice also the place where it stands, with the thick rope.

Best regards Malgo

marine-coeur (1068) 2020-11-26 1:51

One of the excellent seen of nature... by this great "driftwood" artwork one of the best well done JEAN DWYER

Royaldevon (75378) 2020-11-26 3:50

Hello Jean,

This is absolutely beautiful!
I would love this in my garden.
Your sharp photograph has clearly shown how each piece of wood is used to create a most amazing, life like sculpture.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

ifege (32199) 2020-11-26 22:40

Hi Jean
What an amazing sculpture! And ... a good photo of it.
cheers
Ian

ikeharel (105889) 2020-11-27 22:46

Hello Jean,
Wonderfully "constructed" this wooden horse sculpture.
Amazing art work masterfully done by a gifted artist.
Picture is no-less attractive, cheers for that.
Wish you a nice weekend,
Ike

mkamionka (61206) 2020-11-28 11:11

Hi Jean,
this quite an extraordinary sculpture. I have never seen anything like that before. Very original idea indeed. I am even more surprised to hear that she created more than one such horse. May be where she lives the driftwood is arriving in large quantities?
Very interesting presentation,
M

ChrisJ (160008) 2020-11-28 21:56

Hello Jean,

A creative & imaginative sculpture using driftwood from the local beaches. Good sharpness and nice warm colours. The bg wall makes a good backdrop. Tfs!

clic (23798) 2020-11-29 17:16

Hello Jean You show today a 'boney' piece of art which reflects the artist's talent and patience!
If all humans were so skinny, the hospitals wouldn't need any more X-rays for diagnostic purposes!
Thanks for showing such an original artistry assembled with a raw talent. You posted a fascinating rarity.
Cheers

foxy (2059) 2020-11-30 8:18

Hello Jean,
The artist, she is so genius! A sculpture like this, so realistic , made from driftwood. It's a 'MASTERPIECE'.
The driftwood are like muscles and bones of a strong muscular horse, as it should be.
Yeah, it's a fine beautiful picture.
I've always wanted to visit the Eden Project. I'm so glad to see it here esp this driftwood.
I would definitely like to see her making a 'Chinese Dragon Driftwood'.
Thanks for sharing this amazing artist.
Loong

PaulVDV (54833) 2020-11-30 15:32

Hello Jean,
I find this a very beautiful wooden sculpture! And then in lifelike size.
Also very original.
I wonder how the wood holds together in that arrangement.
Best regards, Paul

burmaman (902) 2020-12-08 9:36

Hello Jean!
I am a physiotherapist working since 25 years in orthopedics, so I know much about skeletons and bones.
This sculpture is wonderful an fantastic,creativ piece of art.
I have to google this artist!
Great shot!
Regards,Ronny
stay healthy!

jmdias (102878) 2020-12-13 7:43

jean

I liked the sculpture, a pity they left the sign so close, even spoiling the sculpture. I guess I have seen a similar artwork.
here in brazil we had a marvelous sculpture (a polish one who escaped from europe) he was a master with spoiled vegetable elements of destroyed forests in brazil, but his artwork was abstract. if you are interested he is frans Krajcberg.
https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa10730/frans-krajcberg

take care

jorge