A Different View

For over 30 years, Lily and I have made our living making, casting and selling sculpture. 30 years is a long time for anything, but in the world of visual arts, sculpture is one of the most creative and socially interesting fields to be in. Making sculpture is an ancient art, and Lily's work resonates with that feeling of tradition. People who have one of her ladies usually in their gardens, really love them.

Glen Kirschner, an American prosecutor, always starts his to-camera daily live blog with the day's chosen topic and:
" Let's talk about that...." and off he goes.

This blog will be the same. A chosen subject - it could be anything - and off I go.

Today's topic?

A recently discovered Easter Island figure, carved around 700 years ago, was found last month in the bed of a dried lake in a volcano crater. These monolithic statues are so well known, as visual images at least, that they feel really familiar, even though they are in eastern Polynesia. They were made to represent deified ancestors, with large characterful faces and ill-proportioned bodies. Most face inland, which is interesting because I have assumed that they are to ward off unwanted visitors but there are just seven figures which look out to sea - presumably to help travellers find their way to the island - but most face inland to watch over villages, the ancestors helping to keep the Easter Island inhabitants safe.

Easter Island figures are wonderful things, and appear to have caring at their core. Just what we all need.

Happy days