Brightening up the Winter

The first Robin has hatched from the foundry and I have made the first colour trials to echo that iconic orange-red breast.

Base bronze patination

Pigment added with heat

Robin bronze – the side view of the bird sculpture with just a touch of grey white visible from the side
It is in the study of any species you start to discover information about them that may have been seen but not really ‘noticed’.
The orange tones of feathers are found above the beak and above and below the gleam of dark eye. The sides and lower breast feathers are more grey in tone than white and the browns of the back rather lighter than true bronze.

Rear View of the Robin Bronze

From all this and with the help of the detail in the sculpture and the use of heat, chemicals, paints, dyes and waxes my interpretation of the Robin Bright Gift.
Next some photography trials outdoors.

Here the first photos set in the gardenscape

Here is Robin Bright Day  close up

The new Robin Sculpture in Bronze with Unique White Pine and miniature Moss Garden.

The Robin bronze set on a weathered stone pillar

A rear view of the bronze bird sculpture Robin Bright Gift showing the warmer bronze tones in a different light

Robin Bright Day   

The Robin Bright Gift is set on a unique pillar of stone with the beginnings of moss growth.