A number of years ago I created a relief sculpture that featured a bronze cow, a bronze relief "moon face", and a small wooden "earth" (made from a wooden drawer pull) all mounted on a 12" hand-turned wooden appetizer dish. Unfortunately the sculpture was damaged when being transported.The box containing the piece was too close to the car's rear hatch when it was closed and a portion of the wooden backing dish was broken off. It was unrerpairable.
Finally this winter I found to find a suitable replacement for the broken dish. It happened to be a similar appetizer dish made by the same company as the original dish (Woodbury's Woodware in Shelburne, Vermont). The only difference was that the original had a concave center section and the replacement dish had a flat section covered by a ceramic tile. After removing the tile and adding a 1/4" thick piece of wood to replace the tile, I was able to drill holes to accommodate the threaded rods that would hold the moon to the dish. The next step was to drill a hole for the cow attachment rod and a shallow hole so that the earth could be glued into place. Last step before final assembly was to add the hanging wire on the back, along with a wooden "pad" that would allow the piece to hang flat on the wall.
Finally this winter I found to find a suitable replacement for the broken dish. It happened to be a similar appetizer dish made by the same company as the original dish (Woodbury's Woodware in Shelburne, Vermont). The only difference was that the original had a concave center section and the replacement dish had a flat section covered by a ceramic tile. After removing the tile and adding a 1/4" thick piece of wood to replace the tile, I was able to drill holes to accommodate the threaded rods that would hold the moon to the dish. The next step was to drill a hole for the cow attachment rod and a shallow hole so that the earth could be glued into place. Last step before final assembly was to add the hanging wire on the back, along with a wooden "pad" that would allow the piece to hang flat on the wall.
|   Wooden server - 2 views |
Finally - "Lunar Eclipse" was resurrected and ready to be hung at the gallery for the 2026 season. Saltwater Artists Gallery will be opening on Friday, May 22 and I look forward to seeing my flying bovine hanging on the wall in my display area. One giant leap for artist-kind!
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