Friday, January 2, 2015

Dragon "War club" - Oak January, 2015


Most art museums that feature the art of indigenous cultures have at least one war club.  These beautifully carved clubs always captured my attention and I often felt the urge to make one of my own.  I began this piece about five years ago in 2009, but I only carved the handle and then left it.  After all, who really needs one of these?  .  I put it aside for a few years and came back to it recently.  I tried experimenting with some different textures in this piece, but I'm frequently drawn back to the scalloped plates of the arthropod for inspiration.  



Will Worsnopp, Dickinson College, Bronx High School of Science, Sidney Central School, carving, powercarver

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