Alex Gardiner

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Age: 73
City: Blue Mountains
Country: Australia

Joined: Aug 2009

Ma’ wee wife made me tak’ of ma’ hat and ma’ sun glesses
and show ma’ auld keekers. Jings whit a sicht. Whit dae yea think noo Joak? A’ feel nakid- a’ doo.Didna’ like ma last picture either this wan wis taken oan the 19th o’ this munth of october 2009. Am no vain is jist that at ma’ age yiv jist goat tay look yer best way whit yiv goat .Am always tryin tay day that .A put the date oan cos a didna’ want yea tay think this was taken when a’ wis 19. :(
P.s. An’ that’s no snaw oan top o’ ma’ heid either, that’s jist whit happens tae yer hair when yea get auld. That’s why joak calls me “the auld yin.”Sounds antique and suffusticated might jist use it as ma’ nick name.

Ist Karen Hull Award to Karen Hull.For beautful pencil potraits.Karen Hull
2nd Karen Hull Award to Adgray. For her beautiful writing.Adgray
3rd Karen Hull Award to joak for being what he is. joak
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I am situated in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. I create my sculptures in the scenic town of Bullaburra which is at an altitude of 2,500 feet, between Penrith and the famous tourist town of Katoomba. I hope you enjoy my passion for sculpting and collecting all types of exciting Animal sculptures.To see all my work .
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My Sculptures are created with love, care and imagination. I hope this is not a selfish endeavour for such passion can be shared by all. I have in the past concentrated on Australian Native Animal Sculptures. Now I have ventured into all manner of animals the larger of which which I have turned into Table Lamps. All my Animals are first sculptured in fine clay.They are then carefully moulded and cast in Hydrostone. Finally they are Air brushed and coated in a clear non discolouring varnish. By casting in Hydrostone they keep the exact detail first achieved in the fine clay. Hydrostone is the oldest of all the Gypsums, over one million years in its formation.
The beginning of an idea is my first step in producing a new sculpture.The following step is a must and that is enthusiasm. Without enthusiasm it is a no go.

Next I research the subject I am going to sculpt. Photographs of a live subject taken from all angles but from an equal distance are necessary , or I research my subject on the internet and download as many photographs of the same subject from different locations as I can . I must scale my subject carefully as this will make it easier for me to quickly form a likeness of it and therefore save loads of time.

I measure across the head, depth of the head, body length, body width, length of tail, size of eyes, and angle of eyes, etc. I digest all this information over a reasonable length of time as the more I see my subject in my mind’s eye, the better and easier it will be for me to create it. I “chew the fat” over the subject for a few weeks before going ahead with my sculpture. This makes the task easier and more enjoyable when I do not have to constantly refer to photographs.

How do I create my sculptures?
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This is the story of the famous joak.

Wan day a lang time ago a wee bairn pixie wis born in Grangemooth Scoatland. He loved the ootdoor life and wis always in his auld folks gairden. He wid’ romp aboot the place like a wild yin an’ he didna wear ony clays ,cos it restricted his freedom. Except fur a wee leather hat. This wee bairn pixie stayed as a wee bairn pixie fur hundreds o’ years an’ years untull his wee heid couldna’ take in ony mair knowledge. Sumthin’ hud tay be dun so his folks hud tay release him intae human society,an’ that’s the day he wis born intae the human’s way o’ livin’.He couldna’ stie a wee fella’ like when he wis a pixie so he startid’ tae grow up and grow up an’ grow up an’ he didna stoap growin’ tull he was a big sook o’ a man way funny legs and a big fat erse. An’ that’s the big yin taday the wan we a’ luv an’ respect.
We a’ ken whit he looks like taday so a thocht a’ wid day a wee sculpture tay show yea whit he looked like then. Never hiv’ yea seen a bonnier wee pixie bairn in a’ yer collective lives here oan Red Bubble. So it’s way great intrepidation a post this wee sculptur o’ this now famous big sook,joak.

A’ hope a’ no offen you big Yin.It’s jist tay let yea ken whit a’ think o’ you efter a’ oor great bletherin’s.

Here is the big sook pixie joak

*This is me and ma’ wee wife Gillian.
The Auld Yin.