PhilNeal

PhilNeal, 8 days ago to random

Stan's gorgeous bronze of Sid the Suffolk Punch is up for grabs! Buy your tickets here - https://www.suffolkpunchtrust.org/shop#!/Raffle-Ticket-for-original-Sid-the-Suffolk-bronze-sculpture-by-sculptor-Stan-Mitchell/p/655317849/category=0
and help raise funds for @thesuffolkpunchtrust to keep this rare breed going! 💪

PhilNeal, 15 days ago to woodworking

Just about to cut into this amazing chunk of #LignumVitae which has been hiding under a friend's bench for the last 25years! Watch this space! #woodturning #woodworking #TheBeautyOfWood

PhilNeal, 1 month ago to swift

Helped my good mate @respraycatherine dismantle her c.1911 Swift Bicycle today - the first stage in any #restoration and nearly everything was as it should be thank goodness but we had to have a little giggle at the #chainlink !! #Swift #Cycles of #Coventry #LoopFrame #VintageCycles

PhilNeal, 1 month ago to random

#SilentSunday

PhilNeal, 2 months ago to random

#SilentSunday ......gig was yesterday!

PhilNeal, 2 months ago to random

#MeetTheArtist Day5. Wax & Clay - soft modelling. Wax was the first medium I used professionally, modelling medical prosthetics. I now more often use a soft filled wax, that softens in the hand but is quite firm at room temp. This little #wren, part of a 6” sq. low relief was modelled in 2020. Due to its impermanence any wax model has to be then moulded (in this case in silicon rubber) & then cast into the final permanent medium (in this case a resin bronze).
#modelling #moulding & #casting

PhilNeal, 2 months ago to random

#MeetTheArtist Day2. Stone - possibly my favourite medium to work in for it's permanence but also it's unforgiving nature which necessitates intense concentration when carving. This restoration of a WW1 memorial was a real challenge, the marble statue had to be transported to my studio where I carved a new head, rifle & bayonet handle in Carrara Marble to match the original figure which was carved in Italy. I feel v.strongly about remembering those who died in both World Wars. #LestWeForget

PhilNeal, 2 months ago to random

March is #MeetTheArtist month, so here I am in my studio with an almost finished "Organophone". I am, it has to be said, looking a tad older than I actually am & definitely a lot older than I actually feel! This week I'll try & post a selection of my work that should explain what goes on inside my head but if you get the chance please pop into The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, UK & take a peek at the "Work Life: Life's Work" exhibition where you can see the musical creation pictured in the flesh!

PhilNeal, 2 months ago to random

#SilentSunday .......we haven't started yet! 😜

PhilNeal, 3 months ago to random

#SilentSunday

PhilNeal, 3 months ago to random

#SilentSunday

PhilNeal, 3 months ago to random

#FensterFreitag

PhilNeal, 3 months ago to zerowaste

https://www.sculptor.co.in/latest-work
I've finally managed to update my website with 2 #metalworking projects from last year. Please take a look! #sculpture #recycling #upcycling

mythologyandhistory, 4 months ago to india

Did you know that in a small village in #India, people have been #worshipping #stone balls?

Large, round balls are thought to #protect land & cattle in Padlya village near Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh. The balls are named "Kakar Bhairav", the first meaning 'farm' & the second 'ruler'. There are about 256 of them.

Recently, #scientists discovered that the #sacred balls are really fossilised eggs belonging to a #dinosaur species of Titanosaurus.

#mythology #religion

GuidoKuehn, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random German

Wenn man sich das Klimajahr allein mal nur in Deutschland betrachtet, so kann man sagen: Katastrophe ist das neue Normal: Rekord-Hitze, -Dürre, -Schnee, -Wasser, -Hagel, -Sturm...
Alles noch kein Grund nicht für billigen Diesel auf die Straße zu gehen und nervende Klimaspinner ins Loch zu stecken

anamckellar, 6 months ago to Halloween

Over 18,000 tonnes of pumpkins are grown and wasted every year because of the gross commercialisation of halloween. Along with the mountain of single-use plastic trash it generates. What a colossal waste of resources, including the land and fossil fuels to grow and transport the pumpkins. Plus the wildlife that dies from the toxic waste which people dump. It wouldn’t be so bad if people at least used the flesh and seeds.
#Pumpkin #PumpkinCarving #Halloween
#BahHumbug

PhilNeal, 6 months ago to random

I've had this chunk of #elm for almost 20yrs & yesterday I took it off the shelf to turn a 60th b'day present for a good friend. I don't think I've ever put a chisel to a more beautiful piece of wood!

PhilNeal, 11 months ago to random

Hello Mastodon Car Folk! Can anyone help identify the vehicle in this photo - taken in #Australia in the late 50s. Thank you.

PhilNeal, 11 months ago to random

Been cutting up 6" RSJs or i-Beams as folk seem to call them these days. Seriously hard work, even with a 9" angle grinder! 😳 All ready for #welding though and these offcuts will make handy little anvils! 😊 #metalwork #fabrication

augieray, 1 year ago to ChatGPT

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Someone asks #ChatGPT to rewrite a simple statement (sitting outdoors enjoying a bagel) in a way that cannot possibly cause any offense to anyone.