Sculptures

Arcadia

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 60cm

Width: 60cm (40cms deep)

Materials: Wood and Steel

Completion Date: 07/03/2014

Arcadia, to me, is like a small piece of paradise - two figures (or perhaps there is just one?) entwined within a magic circle.

Genesis

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 135cm

Width: 39cm x 39cm

Materials: Wood and Steel

Completion Date: 21/03/2014

And out of the formless mists of space, a spinning ball of light emerged.

First

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 135cm

Width: 39cm x 39cm

Materials: Wood and Steel

Completion Date: 21/03/2014

First is where the idea for Wood & Steel began.

Sanctuary

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

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Sanctuary has, to me, some of the spirit of the medieval abbey - fluted columns and stained glass reaching for the heavens, offering peace and serenity.

Metropolis

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 2 metres

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Materials: Stainless steel

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Metropolis is an all stainless steel piece of outdoor sculpture created as a focal point for the front of a private home, where it is presently situated

Sunburst

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 6 metres

Width: 6 metres

Materials: Stainless Steel

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Sunburst is a sculpture built specifically for the huge outdoor space at Canwood Gallery - principally so it did not get lost there!

Vertical

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 6 metres

Width: 5 metres

Materials: Stainless steel

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Like Sunburst, Verticals was created for the outdoor space at Canwood Gallery. Of the two, it works, I think, slightly less well.

Piccolo

Sculpture Creator: Walter

Height: 20cms (approx)

Width: 30cms (appox)

Materials: Wood and stainless steel

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A desktop sculpture created with a fragment of washed up wood found on beach in Egypt. The piece of wood is a gem.

Ouch!

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 160 cms

Width: 40 cms

Materials: Wood&Steel

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When first created, this sculpture was said to have "not enough edge", so I re-worked it to remedy this 'defect' and Ouch! is the result.

Tree of Knowledge

Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten

Height: 200 cms

Width: 60 cms

Materials: Wood, steel and glass

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Tree of Knowledge seeks to integrate a third element into my traditional "mix" - hand blown glass produced by Allister Malcolm of the White Cone Museum of Glass in Wordsley