tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post7280297527821612854..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Cormorants: made from girdersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-77604856545961606392010-01-23T17:42:31.231+00:002010-01-23T17:42:31.231+00:00Hi Nyctalus, thanks, I'll look out for the Bou...Hi Nyctalus, thanks, I'll look out for the Boulmer scultures.... and I've just had a look at that stag sculture on your blog at http://standandstare-nyctalus.blogspot.com/2010/01/junk-male.html<br />... it is brilliant!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-31254315981725251152010-01-23T17:38:32.166+00:002010-01-23T17:38:32.166+00:00Hi Lesley, I'll look out for those next time I...Hi Lesley, I'll look out for those next time I'm in Durham market squarePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-75867087188713927862010-01-23T17:37:44.842+00:002010-01-23T17:37:44.842+00:00Hi Ellen, you're right, it takes an artist'...Hi Ellen, you're right, it takes an artist's mind to look at an iron girder and see a cormorantPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-24441377825248281642010-01-23T17:36:40.220+00:002010-01-23T17:36:40.220+00:00Hi Keith, one day maybe I'll catch a real corm...Hi Keith, one day maybe I'll catch a real cormorant perching on one of the statues.. now that would be a picturePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-54754087160313024552010-01-21T11:28:15.915+00:002010-01-21T11:28:15.915+00:00They're fantastic sculptures.... and Keith, th...They're fantastic sculptures.... and Keith, the photographs in your blog are a real joy!<br /><br />The only bird-inspired sculptures I can think off-hand are the various stone ones placed on various buildings round the market square in Durham. I'll be looking out for more from now on though.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-17199173865474905102010-01-20T23:13:50.271+00:002010-01-20T23:13:50.271+00:00They're pretty good I must say. As for further...They're pretty good I must say. As for further examples, there are a couple of entertaining sculptures of 'birds' on the field boundary wall adjacent to the coastal path to the north of Boulmer in Northumberland. Worth a look next time you are up there. I've got some photos somewhere...<br /><br />Meanwhile, I'll post a photo on my blog (http://standandstare-nyctalus.blogspot.com/) of a stag sculpture you might enjoy made entirely out of old car and tractor bits. Now that's art!Nyctalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529729794764990304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-16190506247643566142010-01-20T15:01:27.356+00:002010-01-20T15:01:27.356+00:00HM - that's kinda cool! The artist's mind...HM - that's kinda cool! The artist's mind never ceases to amaze.Ellen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-68913154671016006982010-01-20T00:03:59.806+00:002010-01-20T00:03:59.806+00:00Very unusual Phil.
I do like that second one, dryi...Very unusual Phil.<br />I do like that second one, drying the wings. Perfect pose.<br /><br />Thanks for the mention tooholdingmomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455039696354576430noreply@blogger.com