A couple of days off while we attended the Musicport Festival in Whitby, seeing, amongst others, the God of Hellfire himself ~ Arthur Brown. Of course, whilst at the seaside it is compulsory to take photographs of seagulls, so here’s one. In fact, here are two:
Upon my return it rained, and so mounted some prints ready for the Christmas Fairs and Festivals; then it was on to more pressing matters, like getting some frets on the guitarist’s guitar.
Looks better, I think.
Because the house is built on the site of the Hull Zoological Gardens, which were opened in 1840 (lasting until 1861 before going to public auction), an elephant seemed apt. The best spot looked like above the guitarist, with it being the thickest tree, and I stripped the bark and drew the elephant on roughly.
I thought it might work having the elephant snuffling around the guitarist’s head, especially since he has his eyes closed, enjoying the melodies.
I got the head in place first, before carving the ears.
What do you call an elephant with no ears?….
The intention was to carve an Indian elephant (with the smaller ears), but once I’d got the head carved I thought it would have more impact being the larger-eared African elephant ~ with the ear wrapping right round the side of the tree.
The next step on this stump is the musical score, between the elephant’s ear and the guitarist’s head:
