Simon O'Rourke
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Simon O'Rourke - husband of @lizzie3632 , wood sculptor and illustrator, using chainsaws and other power tools. In partnership with @Stihl_gb #sbs winner Jan2019
Wrexham
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AWESOME NEWS ALERT!!
@HBO
approached 18 artists from round the world and asked them to make something new from pieces of the
@GameOfThrones
history... And one of them was me!! They sent an original prop from the series, and mine was the
#DragonEggs
!
Here's what I created...
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With local travel for exercise now allowed, you can see my woodland sculpture trails more easily. These two sculptures are from the trail in Fforest Fawr, Caerphilly. The other two are in Havering and Ellesmere Port if anyone fancies a walk!
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All done!! The hatchling dragon, breaking out of the Ash tree. Born of the wood and a fitting tribute to a magnificent tree, sadly killed by ash dieback.
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A different view of the emerging dragon. Carved 1 and a half years ago, the beech will slowly degrade but large scale detail will be visible despite this.
#stihl
#chainsawart
#dragon
#GameOfThrones
#dracarys
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and just like that Deadpool was created...
#wrexhamdeadpooltour
#deadpoolwrexhamtour
#deadpool
#deadpoolwrexham
#wrexham
#wrexhamtour
#wrexhambusiness
#treecaving
#welshbusiness
#treecarvings
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Final season of
@GameOfThrones
starts tonight!! Still can't believe I was commissioned as one of 18 artists to promote the final season! We were each given a prop from the series and and to design something around it! Here's my effort with the dragon eggs!
@hbo
@STIHL_GB
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Love seeing the
#GiantHandofVyrnwy
still impacting people
The tallest tree in Wales got damaged by a storm and was supposed to be cut down, instead chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke found a better solution to symbolise the tree's last attempt to reach the sky.
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Another angle of the emerging dragon I made this week.
It's always sad when a tree dies but I love being able to turn it into art and give it new life!
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A small business with a big bite! Large scale wood sculpture at its best! (Or should that be beast?!)
#SBS
#realdragon
@TheoPaphitisSBS
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Poser!! Showing off the scale of the oak dragon I just finished!
The
@STIHL_GB
MS462 was a godsend on this one!
#chainsawcarving
#chainsawart
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Did you see
@MrGeorgeClarke
@GCAmazingSpaces
?
@thedragontower
truly is an amazing build. A fire breathing dragon was a challenge I couldn’t resist, but to also be able to add something to a project like that was great.
#maggonthedragon
#amazingspaces
#dragonsofnorthwales
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He's been a long time in the making but here's my latest dragon in redwood, safely installed in my client's garden.
He isn't visible to the public but I'll have some video available soon with a walk around.
What would you name this one?
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I've been asked about how I created the hair on my Highland Cow.
It's actually created entirely with chainsaws - basically just deeper cuts. The deeper the cut, the more shadow & sense of depth.
Would anyone be interested in a 'How to' video/ blog? Let me know!
@STIHL_GB
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For
#NationalDaughtersDay
I thought I'd share my Oak father and daughter. The two stand on different fields on the same estate in Surrey, with the father looking towards his daughter.
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Dragon theme for the Huskycup this year!! I worked with Keiji Kidokoro from Japan! Great team, despite the language barrier!
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A short timelapse of the fairy sculpture I made last week.
@STIHL_GB
@saburrtooth
#chainsawcarving
#sculpture
#fairy
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Just one week to the final season of
@GameOfThrones
! I was one of 18 artists asked to design something new with a prop from the series history. I got the
#dragoneggs
and a brief to design a new casket!
@HBO
#ForTheThrone
@STIHL_GB
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Progress on the Ent! One more day should see it finished. Pretty happy with it but I need to make the bird smaller....
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A kingfisher in an old roof beam! The colour of the wood inside was really vibrant, I didn't expect that!! It's not coloured, just oiled!
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What a week! It's been one of the most difficult commissions I've done, fitting the leopard to the branch! An uneven surface on the branch meant lifting it on and off the branch multiple times with the machine!
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Three wise dragons!! Installed today at
@haven
@HafanYMor_Hol
#chainsawart
#chainsawcarving
@STIHL_GB
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Here it is, the finished Highland Cow!
Thank you for following my progress & for all the encouraging comments.
Several of you have asked about viewing it. I'm not sure yet where my client will install it. If it's visible from a public road, I'll post details. Watch this space!
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This weekend was
#InternationalDayofForests
and as they say, there's a sculpture for that! This was a commission for the Maes Y Pant 'Kids Plant Trees' event, and eventually, a tree will grow between the boy's hands.
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This little Hawthorne stump was brought to life today! I'd consider this a little sister to the Oak maiden across the field from her...
#treefolk
#chainsawart
#chainsawcarving
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An eagle in flight, one of last week's sculptures...
This positioning is very different to my other eagles. What do you think about it?
#chainsawcarving
#chainsawart
#treecarving
#sculpture
#eagle
#takeflight
#birdsofprey
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Dragon throne! Before and after... This chunk of Oak couldn't have been anything else!!
#chainsawart
#treecarving
@STIHL_GB
@HBO
@GameOfThrones
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Bigger than it looks!! This barn owl is 4ft from head to tail!
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"Alone" The sculpture I created for the
@CrohnsColitisUK
@The_RHS
#Tatton
show.
#FacingFearFindingHope
@ActualLandscpes
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Back on the workshop today. I've not got Covid, but I am feeling a little horse ...
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Awesome photos from the fiery Frankie May! The
#dragon
lives!!
#YDdraigDerw
#chainsawart
#simonorourke
#treecarving
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#Radagast
The brown
#Wizard
carved from a
#cedar
stump.
#Tolkien
#hobbit
#chainsawcarving
#chainsawart
#sculpture
using
@STIHL_GB
chainsaws
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A very happy customer with the Shakespeare bench! I could have carried on till the twelfth night but nobody would have noticed the difference, so it would have been much ado about nothing. I think it's probably just as you like it.
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I took a trip to see how the Bethesda Dragon had aged today! I love the mottled tones of aging oak.
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The sapling between his hands hasn't really grown yet, but this sculpture at Maes Y Pant is aging nicely and looking good....even in the rain!
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This time last year! This was one of the last projects I worked on before the first lockdown happened. Definitely a highlight of last year.
@STIHL_GB
#chainsawartist
#chainsawcarving
#treefolk
#sculpture
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A few people asking yesterday about the Ellesmere Port Woodland Trail.
It's at Meadow Park, (Dolphin Crescent and Halton Road), Great Sutton and follows the adventures of Ruby the Owl.
If you visit, feel free to tag me in your photos. I always love to see them!
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A hydra rising from the ground. An example of rapidly changing plans to work with the natural shape, size, knots, cracks and other ‘quirks’ of the tree.
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If you hear of vehicles going missing on the A5 near Bethesda, these photos from the weekend by
@cwo1983
might explain it! I wonder if it's only blue cars he likes to eat?!
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Wendy Lloyd Griffiths shared these incredible photos of The Dragon of Bethesda this week. As the oak is ageing it's turning a lovely stony colour, and the texture and details are clearer. I love that using wood as a material means a piece is never 'finished' but always evolving!
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A before and after for of this eagle from a couple of years ago.
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A few last photos for you of my Highland Cow sculpture showing how she looks from different angles.
And now for the important question...
What would you name her?
#chainsawcarving
#chainsawart
#treecarving
#sculpture
#highlandcow
#cows
#treecycle
#teamtitan
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Couldn't resist another
#bringyourdogtoworkday
photo.
After all, what chainsaw artist can resist a dog in
@STIHL_GB
gear?!
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"How it started and how it's going" chainsaw carving style....
#PantpurlaisTeaRooms
#MadHatter
#AliceinWonderland
#ChainsawArt
#ChainsawCarving
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An emerging dragon in progress!! This is at the end of day 1.
More details tomorrow!
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@TrevorBasin
@WurthympWood
@Pontcysyllte
@CRTWalesandSW
@GlandwrCymru
@wrexham
@DiscoverDenbs
@UNESCO
Awesome! I took this picture the other morning from the aqueduct, just magical!
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One of my favourite pieces, the Angel of Bethesda, based on a painting by Robert Bateman.
#chainsawart
#preraphaelite
#stihllife
@STIHL_GB
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Macheo the little lion cub is being auctioned tonight at the
@BornFreeFDN
#BeyondTheBars
charity dinner!
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My
#dragon
got first place at the English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition!!
#chuffed
#sculpture
http://t.co/IdmF9V6f42
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Finally got the fairy into place at Cedar Hollow, Oxford!
@narniatreehouse
#chainsawcarving
#chainsawart
#treecarving
#chainsawartist
#portraitsculpture
#humanform
#fairy
#fairygarden
#narniatreehouse
#cedarhollowoxford
#fairiesoftwitter
#fairysculpture
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Just finished carving this
#horse
head at the
#arbshow2019
@STIHL_GB
stand at
@WestonbirtArb
! This will be auctioned at 4pm today for
@Greenfingerscha
charity!
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Two little owls, a small commission for a client in Scotland!
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@libertygal72
Take a duvet, and carefully wrap it around him, then take duct tape and proceed to wrap that around the duvet. This should work for some time.
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Looking forward to the
@HamperLlangolle
food festival this weekend! I'm running pumpkin carving workshops and a competition!
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The rambler. The right hand is at the right height to sit on a balustrade.
#ChainsawArt
#stihl
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This chap is 103 today!
The first ever
#RupertBear
comic strip was published in the Daily Express on this day in 1920 and included Rupert's best friend,
#BillBadger
.
I made this bench featuring Bill a few years ago for a Rupert fan/connector.
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We're in the middle of
#gardenwildlifeweek
so for
#ThrowbackThursday
I'm sharing some wildlife pieces
Pillars with multiple animals are a lovely way to give life back to a dead or diseased tree & sometimes I can leave little nooks and crannies so animals can still use the tree
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World championships of
@STIHL_GB
@Timbersports
are being held at the
@EchoArena
in
#Liverpool
this weekend!! Here's my sculptures of four of the top athletes!!
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She’s finished!
You can see her if you drive down Marbury Rd in Cheshire. Remember to pull over for a photo though so there are no accidents like the
#dragonofbethesda
!!!
Tag us in your photos!
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Back to Middle Earth for today's
#WorldBookDay
post. Radagast the Brown from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Full story at
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A close-up of the Highland cow snout to get those happy chemicals flowing this Monday morning!
Have a great week everyone!
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Day 2... Enjoying a coffee break and some sunshine with the sculpture park owner...
#driftwoodart
#Rugenisland
#Slavicgod
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My client sent these photos this morning of the dragon rising from a snowy ash trunk...
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Quick shout out to the talented Wrexham-based
@mikeyjonesart
for this stunning picture of
#gianthandofvyrnwy
Ut's always an honour when another artist chooses one of my sculptures as a subject.
If you would like a print he'll be selling them in 65x25cm frames for £40.
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And he's installed!
It's taken a while to get there but today the Prestatyn Walker was installed at Prestatyn Train Station.
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Woodland scene in a walnut stump! The cockerel was requested by the client!
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#STOLEN
!!! From Meadow Park,
#GreatSutton
,
#EllesmerePort
today! Ruby the owl, part of the story
#sculpture
trail I made was taken today. Please share and make it too hot to handle!
@PoliceEport
@AdamDandy
@UniteEPORT
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Saw my hand on Insta last night too. Surreal to see it popping up on other accounts around the world! Thanks
@TheArchBish0p
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What a great shot! Don’t you think?
@VancityReynolds
@RMcElhenney
@Wrexham_AFC
#wrexhamdeadpooltour
#deadpool
#deadpooltourwrexham
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Here it is, the finished sculpture of King Charles II hiding in an oak tree to escape the Roundheads during the Battle of Worcester.
For anyone wanting to see the sculpture, it's at
@OakGretton
where you can also grab some great food and a pint!
#chainsawcarving
#kingcharlesii
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Possibly the largest greenman face I've ever done!!! At
@HighclereCastle
. (Small person for scale)
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If the stormy weather has brought down any of your trees, could you give them new life as a sculpture?
That's how the Dragon of Bethesda came to be!
The ultimate recycling for
#nationalrecyclingday
!
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A lovely little commission, 'The Offering'.
A little Oak fairy, carved from a separate piece and attached to the cut stump of a twin stemmed Oak.
#chainsawcarving
#chainsawart
#treecarving
#chainsawartist
#fairy
#fairygarden
#fairiesoftwitter
#sculpture
#gardeninspo
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This staircase commission took up a lot of space and time... But definitely worth it for that finished piece!
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