Sculptures
Castles and Lanterns
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Sculptures Castles and Lanterns |
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limestone castle, height 20"
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Fairy castles are used in fairy gardens, rock gardens and trough gardens. I developed these castles out of the idea of chinese stone lanterns. The first castle I carved (on the right) still looks quite oriental. Now I design most of these castles like buildings in my home area on the Moselle river in Germany. |
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lantern with monk and lizard, bluestone
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detail of the roof |
detail stairs with monk |
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fairy castle with dormers, limestone
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fairy castle with stepped gable, limestone |
tall limestone castle
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a miniature fairy castle in a trough with miniature plants, white marble |
another bonsai castle, limestone, front and back, height 9"
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stone lantern above garden pond, NH granite I believe this was my first granite garden sculpture
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This is a much larger castle,
sculpted from granite in four separate pieces. It contains two hollow
areas that are the size of nest boxes and hopefully some birds will use
them for that purpose. The tiny window in the lower part is a drainage hole for one of the nest caves. Entrance to this cave from a larger window on the right, not visible in these photos. Access for cleaning by removing three top pieces. size: ca. 6 ft. tall after installation (another 2 ft. below ground) |
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more to come |
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