Sea Star Sculpture Wategos Beach Byron Bay

Karin Taylor, 2 months ago

JoanIreland1970, 2 months ago

very pretty!

Mui-Ling Teh, 2 months ago

Nice sculpture Karin! So if most of those rocks are about the size of my palm I’m guessing that star is about…3m wide? Although I don’t know which stones in here are the palm sized ones you were refering to.

BubbleDoll, 2 months ago

lovely! (^^)

Lumineux, 2 months ago

Wonderful tones and textures, has a lovely energy and dynamic to it.

CateTownsend, 2 months ago

It just goes to show as an artist we shouldn’t limit ourselves art is all around us. This is a beautiful example of that….. a lovely image of the sculpure that you created. When I go to the beach which is a lot lol I’m always taking photos down on my knees looking into crevases I really don’t know what people are thinking but what the heck who cares.

Karin Taylor in reply to JoanIreland1970’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Joan, and thank you :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Mui-Ling Teh’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Mui-Ling,
the sculpture would have been approx 2 and a half metres
the larger stones were placed in the centre, and i worked out from there
getting smaller and smaller stones toward the ends of the tendrils
my husband had to take the photo as i am too short to get it in the frame

Karin Taylor in reply to BubbleDoll’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you Bubbles :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Lumineux’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Lumineux, thanks very much
this will probably be the only photo you’ll see from me tho
it was just that i thought it went nicely with my Beach Series :)

Karin Taylor in reply to CateTownsend’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks so much for your wonderful encouragement Cate….
i think it’s so funny, like, as you say, why the hell should we care what anyone thinks!!! gosh, ya gotta live :)
i made foot and toe impressions in the sand one day and sketched for hours, it was very cathartic and i produced a wonderful sketch i was proud of…..although when i show it to people they have absolutely no idea what it is!!!! lol

Karin Taylor in reply to Mui-Ling Teh’s comment, 2 months ago

....if you look at the enlargement, you can see two of my foot impressions in the sand, on the right hand side, around 3 o’clock and 5 o’clock marks…lol
thanks for your comments and i’m glad you like it :)

purelydecorative, 2 months ago

Lovely Karin! Have you seen Andy Goldsworthy”s sculptures? You might like them.

Carlos Solorza, 2 months ago

i love this sculpture you created Karin. it’s beautiful

Karin Taylor in reply to purelydecorative’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks so much, no i haven’t, i’ve only seen David Sandercoe’s sand sculptures and another guy at Byron does beautiful fairy castles sculptures in the sand and then puts tealights in the windows at night, they’re so beautiful and magical…..i will check out Andy Goldsworthy now, thx :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Carlos Solorza’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Carlos, i’m really glad you like it, thank you so much :)

Mui-Ling Teh, 2 months ago

lol; thanks for pointing that out; your footprint kind of blends nicely there though. I remember when I was trying to shoot my “Snowdune” photo, I wanted to avoid making footprints as much as possible.

Steven Agius, 2 months ago

Excellent looking sculpture, I bet this took awhile to do Karin, well done.

Lam Tran, 2 months ago

Wow! Lovely capture my friend! A wishing rock star, hihih. Lovely work!

Karin Taylor in reply to Steven Agius’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Steven, thanx very much,
yep, at least a couple of hours
but it was mesmerising fun :)

Robin Pushe'e, 2 months ago

ok Karin .. this is lovely

Karin Taylor in reply to Lam Tran’s comment, 2 months ago

lol, you are so sweet Lam, thx so much for your lovely funny comments :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Mui-Ling Teh’s comment, 2 months ago

yes, it’s hard to keep them out… i tried to sweep them out, but it wrecks the surface texture elsewhere….i like them in there as it helps me remember i was actually there :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Robin Pushe'e’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Robin, thanx very much :)
glad you like it !

Liv Stockley, 2 months ago

Karin, you can create beautiful photographs too, :->

Karin Taylor in reply to Liv Stockley’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks very much Liv :)

frozenfa, 2 months ago

this is so pretty Karin!! u shud really take a pic with you standing next to it too~ =D
and wow.. 2.5m wide.. and all those pretty stones.. man.. did you take more shots of it? it’s really pretty.. heck if i’m there, i’d make the whole family take pic with it!! hehe.. XD

lexa dedman, 2 months ago

awesome! byron is a great spot!

Karin Taylor in reply to lexa dedman’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you very much lexa…yeah byron is beautiful :)

Karin Taylor in reply to frozenfa’s comment, 2 months ago

hi sweet lil fa…well it’s a funny story
i didn’t take the photo, Scott did…..but i created the sculpture and photoshopped the photo, creating the layer and shadowing etc.
at the time i created it, i was just ‘in the moment’ completely blissful and absorbed in what i was doing….my family came out of the water, and we prepared to go home…..but Scott said, just before we go, i think we should take a photo…i didn’t want to…feeling all embarrassed…..but i’m glad he did now. I only found it today, and thought i could maybe play around with it and make something nice from it…... :)
so, no…...no-one else even thought to get in the picture! and this is the only photo i have…..

sparklehen, 2 months ago

I’m glad your sharing this photo with us all!
I just love beach colours too!

Karen Cook, 2 months ago

Lovely and a very different offering from you :o) I love the perspective it’s taken from and the texturing you’ve applied really suits it!

L K Southward, 2 months ago

ooh lovely work Karin- did you do this?

frozenfa, 2 months ago

awww.. wat a waste.. AM SO GLAD Scott took a photo!!! Phew~ XD

Jan Landers, 2 months ago

so beautiful this is, karin….the natural textures….the wonderful shape….i love stones and you have created something magical here…..

JakkiO, 2 months ago

Yum:) love love love it. you have the affinity with sand sea ‘shells’ like me karin

Just beautiful

XXX

Ellen, 2 months ago

Really very beautiful Sea Star, I like the colors here, well done!

Cvail73, 2 months ago

Utterly impressive!!!!!

Aphoto4You IPA, 2 months ago

creative and pretty…

Shannon Paskaruk, 2 months ago

wow, this is amazing… I love it!!!

Irish, 2 months ago

GREAT!

pinkyjain, 2 months ago

This is so beautiful, so magical, wondrous Karin, :O))))

traceyanne, 2 months ago

So beautiful, great shot, fabulous colours

Karin Taylor in reply to traceyanne’s comment, 2 months ago

tnx so much traceyanne

Karin Taylor in reply to pinkyjain’s comment, 2 months ago

thnx heaps pinky :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Irish’s comment, 2 months ago

thx Mil :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Shannon Paskaruk’s comment, 2 months ago

thx so much Shannon, for your encouraging comments :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Aphoto4You IPA’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you very much :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Cvail73’s comment, 2 months ago

thnx heaps!! :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Ellen’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you very much Ellen :)

Karin Taylor in reply to JakkiO’s comment, 2 months ago

aw, thank you so much JakkiO..yes..i love the sea with all of me :)
must live near the sea, or i would perish me thinx :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Jan Landers’s comment, 2 months ago

oh, thx so much Jan! i appreciate what you said very much :)

Karin Taylor in reply to frozenfa’s comment, 2 months ago

lol me too fa :)

Karin Taylor in reply to L K Southward’s comment, 2 months ago

i did create the starfish and enhanced the shot in photoshop
but my hubby Scottie took the photo of my sculpture
he deserves the credit :)

Karin Taylor in reply to Karen Cook’s comment, 2 months ago

thnx so much Karen….it was you who inspired me to try :)

Karin Taylor in reply to sparklehen’s comment, 2 months ago

aw thx sparkles, thx for looking and thx for saying this :)

cdwork, 2 months ago

Love this work of art

Karin Taylor in reply to cdwork’s comment, 2 months ago

thanx very much :)

LindaR, 2 months ago

love love love this~!! beautiful in sculpture and image ~ my fav elements in such artful form :)

Karin Taylor in reply to LindaR’s comment, 2 months ago

Hiya LindaR, and thnks so much for this lovely comment!! :)
I’m so glad you like it, it’s the only photo i have for the bubble
but it was a special image i wanted to highlight :)

Joanne Bradley, 2 months ago

Great photo! So creative of you! it works so well with all the beautiful colored stones against the beach sand!

Karin Taylor in reply to Joanne Bradley’s comment, 2 months ago

thanx very much Joanne, glad you like my sculpture :)

kipishiux, 2 months ago

great! love the idea

Karin Taylor in reply to kipishiux’s comment, 2 months ago

cool, thanx kips :)

Katja Klages, 2 months ago

That´s creativity… the photo is awesome :-)

Karin Taylor in reply to Katja Klages’s comment, 2 months ago

thank you flower :)
much appreciated !!!