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New works and news from Australian sculpture artist Bob Gilmour. Bob is based near Port Douglas in the tropical north of the country and creates curvaceous forms and sculpture in wood and other media.

Freeform Hair Stick in Jarrah

Ok, maybe it's not exactly sculptural art, but I've been making these hair sticks for a while and selling them locally and on Etsy. They are quite popular.

Double hairstick in Jarrah by Bob Gilmour

The hairsticks are hand made, smooth sanded and fully sealed. They can be worn in wet hair with no risk of changing color, oxidizing or going 'furry'. Most of my sticks are around 8 inches long, although I do make shorter and longer versions. I make single and double sticks with a simple curved design as well as 2 prong hair forks.

Comments (0) September 12, 2009

Serving Dish in Queensland Silver Ash

I completed this small serving dish/platter in silver ash a little while back.

I like silver ash ... it's very 'pure'. Not every does, though. You either 'love' blonde woods ... or you hate them.

Queensland silver ash is one of the world's only true blonde woods. It ranges in colour from very pale almost white to a yellowy cream, although it easily fungal spalts to a silvery sheen ... hence the name.

Most of my silver ash finds it's way into the world as salad servers and utensils through my homeware business FOREST TREASURES. However, from time to time, I have small pieces which are great for making small serving ware ... this was one such piece.

This dish maintains the long and slim profile which I'm quite keen on at present. I think it would be good for displaying a selection of cold meats ... or maybe carrot and celery fingers.

Go HERE to view more images and information for this piece.

Comments (0) September 11, 2009

Wotartist - Portfolio

I have just established a paid portfolio website on Wotartist. It's located at:

http://www.robertgilmour.wotartist.com/

Wotartist's aim is to attract art viewers (aka buyers etc) on the basis that it's contents are vetted by the site owners. This means that Wotartist isn't just another link farm like most of the art listing websites on the net.

Comments (0) September 11, 2009

Natural Edge Serving Dish in Queensland Kauri by Bob Gilmour

This is a small serving bowl in very old and highly figured Queensland Kauri with some natural edge and a wonderful organic free-form shape.

Serving dish in natural edge Queensland Kauri

HERE in the northern tropics of Australia, summer storms ensure that tree-falls are plentiful ... so, there is an abundance of available rainforest timbers from both private property and forestry land. Much of the fallen timber is processed as 'slabs' by mobile sawmillers and sold to a variety of end-users.

Because the wood is so abundant, many users are quite wasteful in what they throw away ... and often, the bits thrown away are the most spectacular.

Such was the case with the piece of Queensland Kauri I used to make this dish. It was part of a lot of discarded timber I obtained from a local 'slab' furniture maker. It was cracked and damaged ... but, what colour and character this piece of wood exuded. The tree had been quite old, so the wood is a rich deep yellow colour. Also, the log must have been on the ground a while because there is a reasonable amount of freshwater spalting and some insect damage ... all adding to the prize.

I created a shape quite quickly that I was very happy with and decided to leave some natural edge ... to highlight the stressed condition of the wood.

I didn't really have a lot of time available and was eager to finish this piece, so I opted to create it as a functional item rather than a display piece.

This is one item which I would probably like to keep for myself ... but it sold quickly.

Go HERE to view more images and information for this piece.

Comments (0) September 10, 2009