Durand Family Sculpture

I am most impressed with our collaborative piece of art. Yeah, for all of us! This was a family project during our reunion last July.
It began as just pieces. I had found a box (turned out it was a drawer) of turned pieces, wooden screws, and finials at a yardsale. I knew something wonderful could be made from these assorted interesting pieces. Sorry there are no pictures of the actual painting. Everyone was either busy painting or supervising the younger artists to keep the paint focused on the project at hand.
It took most of a day for Chris, Brian, and Winston to design and assemble our family collaboration into a sculpture. It was constructed on the slanted cement site that it occupies just outside the living room door on the back patio at the cottage.
Dottie loved to wear hats. This rattan piece was at the same yardsale. There are wooden thread spools to represent her interest in sewing ... also, to give the kids more pieces to paint.

The bird is painted on the bottom of the drawer that had contained all the pieces.
There were a pair of wooden candle sconces in that box (drawer).
The perfect finishing touch was buttons. These buttons came from Dottie's dresses that had I disassembled to make the "Celebration Memorial" quilts.

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