Our job as landscape architects isn’t just to place the sculpture: it’s also to make sure that it’s integrated into the overall design. Since this is a three dimensional piece, we’re thinking of putting a path around it for strolling. It will need to be placed on a concrete pedestal – a place to addContinue reading “Finishing the sculpture garden”
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A sculpture settles into its new home
The process of placing a sculpture in a landscape.
Designing & installing a new mosaic landing
A piece of mosaic art is conceived, then transferred to a concrete slab where it will act as a transition between a deck and the garden.
Gnome Rejuvenation
Has your gnome lost his color? Has the twinkle faded from his eyes, the rose from his cheeks? You can recolor him, better than he was. Cleaner, brighter, gnomier! All it takes is a small flat brush and a small round one. I used artist’s acrylics, deciding not to worry about the paint fading becauseContinue reading “Gnome Rejuvenation”
Art photography
The technique is simple: get a white diffuser, place it behind the flower on the sunward side so that it shades the flower. Set your camera to overexpose by at least one EV, make sure that no sunlight hits the lens and fire away. You may still need to adjust exposure in your photo editingContinue reading “Art photography”