Woodland Designed on a Welded Structure
For many years I have been interested in designing woodlands on welded structures. The problem was that I did not know a welder – until I found out last summer that the husband of my friend Heather did it as a hobby. I asked if he would teach me – he enthusiastically invited me over to teach the basics and offered the could use his equipment any time I wanted to. It seemed like a fabulous deal, until I tried it out… After a half hour I mentioned to Andre that I would be happy to hire his services – learning this new skill was not in the cards:-)
It has been a fantastic collaboration. Andre has designed many simple, yet interesting structures and this has opened a whole new world of woodland design for me . Do I ever love exploring the endless new options!
This is one of the designs I made last month – the vertical piece of the structure was perfect to secure the spiraling piece of wood that I brought home from North Carolina last summer – thank you Morgan Moylan for this treasure! I glued moss to cover the metal base. Lots of varieties of seedpods and other textures embellish the structure. The curly dried seaweed and the devil’s claw from Grand Prismatic Seed add more movement to the design and the birch branches with catkins divide the emptiness of the circle well.
Many thanks to Jason Hill for the gorgeous images!