Wood and steel sculptures created with a contemporary design combining wood and steel elements to create truly dynamic sculptures.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 60cm
Width: 60cm (40cms deep)
Materials: Wood and Steel
Completion Date: 07/03/2014
Arcadia, to me, is like a small piece of paradise - two figures (or perhaps there is just one?) entwined within a magic circle.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 135cm
Width: 39cm x 39cm
Materials: Wood and Steel
Completion Date: 21/03/2014
And out of the formless mists of space, a spinning ball of light emerged.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 135cm
Width: 39cm x 39cm
Materials: Wood and Steel
Completion Date: 21/03/2014
First is where the idea for Wood & Steel began.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
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Sanctuary has, to me, some of the spirit of the medieval abbey - fluted columns and stained glass reaching for the heavens, offering peace and serenity.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 2 metres
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Materials: Stainless steel
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Metropolis is an all stainless steel piece of outdoor sculpture created as a focal point for the front of a private home, where it is presently situated
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 6 metres
Width: 6 metres
Materials: Stainless Steel
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Sunburst is a sculpture built specifically for the huge outdoor space at Canwood Gallery - principally so it did not get lost there!
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 6 metres
Width: 5 metres
Materials: Stainless steel
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Like Sunburst, Verticals was created for the outdoor space at Canwood Gallery. Of the two, it works, I think, slightly less well.
Sculpture Creator: Walter
Height: 20cms (approx)
Width: 30cms (appox)
Materials: Wood and stainless steel
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A desktop sculpture created with a fragment of washed up wood found on beach in Egypt. The piece of wood is a gem.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 160 cms
Width: 40 cms
Materials: Wood&Steel
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When first created, this sculpture was said to have "not enough edge", so I re-worked it to remedy this 'defect' and Ouch! is the result.
Sculpture Creator: Walter van Straaten
Height: 200 cms
Width: 60 cms
Materials: Wood, steel and glass
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Tree of Knowledge seeks to integrate a third element into my traditional "mix" - hand blown glass produced by Allister Malcolm of the White Cone Museum of Glass in Wordsley