{"id":207,"date":"2016-03-30T12:36:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/?p=207"},"modified":"2021-02-27T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T21:47:09","slug":"making-a-wood-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/making-a-wood-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Wood Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sugar Maple had stood in the oldest section of Uxbridge for more than 100 years. When it was condemned as unsafe by the municipality, it was tagged for sculpture, and removed and transported to Elgin Park in the centre of town, where it was carved in public, as part of the second Uxbridge Sculpture Symposium.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-207 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-tree.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-tree-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-tree-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-tree.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-213'>\n\t\t\t\tCutting down the tree.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-stage-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-stage-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-stage-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-stage-1.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-214'>\n\t\t\t\tThe rough shape is formed using a chainsaw\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-stage-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cathedral-stage-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215'>\n\t\t\t\tMore shaping.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-Walters-sculpture.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-Walters-sculpture-189x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-Walters-sculpture-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-Walters-sculpture.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-216'>\n\t\t\t\tThe shape is further refined using blades and abrasives on a high-speed grinder, along with mallet and chisels.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2.-Cathedral.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2.-Cathedral-177x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2.-Cathedral-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2.-Cathedral.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-212'>\n\t\t\t\tThe finished sculpture, entitled \u201cCathedral\u201d, stands at a major intersection in downtown Uxbridge. In a sculpture of this style and surface, it takes about as much time to finish the surface as to carve the shape.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A Sculpture Symposium is where a number of sculptors carve works in a public place, over a defined period of time. Three sculptors carved in Elgin Park, where many people, including classes of schoolchildren, came to see the work in progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sculpture from the first Uxbridge Sculpture Symposium (2008)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-207 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tree-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tree-3-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-sculpture.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"162\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-sculpture-162x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-sculpture-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/sculpturebywynn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wynn-sculpture.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sugar Maple had stood in the oldest section of Uxbridge for more than 100 years. 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