How to transform your garden plot into something special and unique? For this, it’s not enough, for example, to decorate the space with an artificial pond or a gazebo designed even according to an individual project. Author's design decisions will be required. One of the options is the installation of unusual compositions from natural materials made by yourself. Make, for example, a sculpture of wood. Consider some tips for making such crafts, moving from simple solutions to more complex ones.
How to best fit a sculpture of wood into the general view of the site?
Far from always, even the most modern composition can successfully be combined with all elements of a street interior. It is worth remembering the basic principles before deciding on the topic and starting to make a sculpture of wood:
- use a preliminary “preview” by installing a mock-up made of cardboard, as a result, you can determine the most successful location;
- there is no need to strive to make the sculpture the center of the site, it is more important to catch the compatibility with the surrounding landscape and create a kind of “little world” around the statue;
- try to combine several elements in a single composition - trimmed trees, flower beds, flower arches, figures made of stone, wood , etc.
We make the simplest compositions
Perhaps the easiest option for creating decorative elements on the site is direct woodcarving. Sculptures made from monoliths (for example, by converting freshly sawn hemp into bizarre figures) are very simple to make. It is enough to arrange interesting faces by attaching individual parts on top of the outer cover, decorate with “hair” from decorative elements - and the craft is ready. Fantasizing, you can change the wardrobe and hairstyles of the sculptures, thereby obtaining new and unusual images. By this principle, it is easy to create a whole gallery, for example, fairy-tale characters from fairy tales or cartoons.
How to make a multi-layer sculpture of wood: the order of work
If you have already pretty well mastered the technique of working with natural materials and have sufficient experience, you can begin to manufacture more complex compositions. Garden sculpture made of wood, regardless of the thematic focus and the desired appearance, in principle, is made using the same technology.
Consider all the stages of work, arranging them in order of priority:
- creating an author’s image, you can use ideas from the Internet;
- outline sketch on paper;
- modeling clay models;
- procurement of necessary materials;
- preliminary preparation;
- Creation of a shield for the basics of crafts;
- drawing a sketch on the workpiece at the desired scale;
- sawing with a jigsaw along the created contour;
- embedding on the back of the hinges for hanging (if necessary);
- bonding additional layers to obtain a monolith of the desired thickness;
- rough ("rough") processing of the form;
- fine processing;
- grinding;
- coating with paints and then with varnish.
Combination of several materials
Even more extravagant look products, in the manufacture of which are used several materials with different textures. For example, a wooden sculpture made by one’s own hands with green spaces looks very original. This may be a flower planting form. By the way, such an article can please the eye not only in the summer on the site. Move a small makeshift flowerbed during the cold weather, for example, in internal heated summer cottages or on a loggia in the apartment. And the flower cultures planted in it will surprise your household with festive colors for the New Year. Another option for combining materials may be the construction of various stone arches. Framing with the help of wooden compositions and sculptures will look quite harmonious, simple and elegant at the same time.
There are many options for using wood materials in the design of plots in a country house or estate near a country house. Before starting work, think over all the details, and only after the final decision with the choice of style and forms, begin to create and convene unique masterpieces!