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An Irish faery tale
Giusseppe -
Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:22pm
Design Gallery | gates ![]() The ideas are flowing ... here is a new project for a castle in Ireland Giusseppe www.metalgarden.ca orchids for Ireland
Giusseppe -
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 4:07am
some early experiments ... I will keep a record of this at
http://web.mac.com/metalgarden/iWeb/New%20Site/Library.html Where to bend next ... www.metalgarden.ca » reply |
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orchids for Ireland
Well ..... I said I would takea few months off to explore .... and within two days I had a call from Ireland, which has resulted in these gates and a great sweeping stairway which I have decided to make with shapes inspired by orchids and leaves ... I have designed the stringers to have a basket weave similar to the wattle fence in Germany and this will allow for a natural growth of the ballustrading .... anyway, I guess I am getting my months of exploring new ideas and getting payed for it .....
I found a superb link to orchids that I know you will all find inspirational ... such great shapes to abstract from ...
here is the link; http://www.edit.ne.jp/~fkoichi/index.html
enjoy