Friday, 16 March 2012

NORWEGIAN WOOD - The Beatles wood carving


Not so much Norwegian Wood but rather Iroko wood. Iroko is a large hardwood tree from west coast of Africa. It is one of the woods sometimes referred to as African Teak. I have used this wood for my carved bricks. 

This is a piece that I have been working on over the last few weeks. I love the cover of the album With the Beatles, and this is my version of it. The photograph on the cover of the album was taken by Robert Freeman. He was the Beatles' most favoured photographer during the years 1963 to 1966 and shot arguably the most iconic images of them. The cover was shot by Freeman on 22 August 1963 in the Palace Court Hotel, in Bournemonth. Freeman recalls:“ They had to fit in the square format of the cover, so rather than have them all in a line, I put Ringo in the bottom right corner, since he was the last to join the group. He was also the shortest".

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN, JUST AFTER I HAD FINISHED THE BASIC CUT
I LIKE THIS PICTURE OF LENNON, WITH A SPOT LIGHT SHINING ON THE IMAGE

PHOTOGRAPHED IN MY GARDEN, WITH NATURAL LIGHT

AND WITH A PHOTOSHOP FILTER






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