Sunday, November 16, 2014

Majestic: These horses may look real but are in fact made from thousands of pieces of driftwood salvaged from the shore. Each of the sculptures stands around 6ft tall

Amazing drift wood horses!
Recently, artist James Doran-Webb created life sized horse sculptures using absolutely nothing but scraps of drift wood found on a nearby beach. These magnificent creatures of art are able to bend and be put into a genre of postures. The various statues can be found galloping through the ocean, grazing in a pasture, or jumping obstacles. Amazingly, each horse can withstand the weight of five people. People can get on the back of these sculptures and let their imaginations go wild. I think that this project is beautifully creative and a good use of rogue drift wood. Most passing by tourists and beach bums would think nothing of the usual chunks of this wood littering their beloved beaches, but this amazing man sure did prove that he isn't just an ordinary guy. These recycled beauties now pose for fans and other artists on the daily. I think our society s a whole should follow the example of this man and learn something. Rather than seeking new and exciting things to add to our discarding, ambitious world, we should be picking up the unseen scraps of the world that drift through our daily lives. I hope that one day I will be able to create something of this magnitude using the unappreciated pieces of nature.

Works Cited:
Hall, John. "Hobby horses, Artist's life-size beach sculptures made from driftwood." Scoop.it.
www.scoopit.com, Jan. 15 2014. Web. Nov. 16 2014

2 comments:

  1. I really love these driftwood horses! Like you said, many people would just get rid of and waste these scraps but this man has a wide imagination and converted that in to a wonderful idea. I personally would have never thought to come up with this idea and I love seeing things like this because it shows that even the things we may think are useless can become amazing.

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