When viewed from a distance, these Cotswold Sheep seem startlingly alive.
They were fabricated from cor-ten steel at 125 percent life-size, to avoid appearing diminished by the vast meadow.
Artist - Charles Layland, American, born 1928.
Cor-ten steel is a "weathering" steel that forms a protective layer (basically a fancy form of rust) that prevents them from rusting through.
According to the sign located near the sheep, "Historically, garden parks like the Morris Arboretum sometimes included ornamental farms with livestock. Not only did sheep trim the lawn, but as pictureque counterpoints to the culivated landscape, they provided a reference to an agricultural past."
Blah blah blah... This not-so stuffy art critic thought, "Hey these things are cool!"
:)
23 comments:
Yep, those things are pretty cool. :)
I hope you have a good day today.
I totally thought they were real from the first picture.
I thought they were real too. Very cool!
I blinked twice at the first picture, not believing my eyes. And I was right not to believe my eyes!
Those sheep are a lot less work than ours were. Cool post.
Huge hugs!
Those ARE cool!
I bought a small rusted garden thingy (yeah, I'm an art critic too and know all the scientific suff as well) for my front ornamental bed. But mine DID rust through. This little danicing guy went through these phases of bended torture until he finally just collapsed.
Strange me. I liked watching the process.
:-)
Oh, you had me fooled there Iggy.
Haha, they are! They sure look real to me :p
I sold steel most of my career...Cor-ten works well in vertical applications, but lying flat, they can get standing water on them and can rust through- They made light pole bases out of it, and they started falling down after a few years!
They look so real from a distance! When I saw the first pic I was all like "where the hell is that? I want to go there!" And then I saw the second pic and realized I could have that in my backyard.
You and I critique art the same way.
wow I wasn't expecting that having seen the first picture. How cool is that?
LOL; I didn't even catch it the first time I looked at the picture that these were "fake" sheep. they are pretty cool looking!!! all they did is a corgi or two out there to help herd them :)
betty
How cool is that. I thought they were real at first... I was saying - Ah, how cute, babies! You got me!
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I thought they were real, too!! How clever! I love them! :)
They are cool and what a neat idea!
Hope you are having a good week, hugsss
Those are really cool! We have a group of steers and a cowboy cut out like that in the town where I grew up. Texas! You can't get away from the cows! LOL!
I have missed reading all of my favorite blogs while I was out being a groupie!LOL!
I wonder if I could put a cut out verion of me in my office chair tomorrow morning and take the rest of the day off.
Not on topic, but my family and I go to St. Michael's for vacation every year. We stay at Wade's Point Inn, between St. Michael's and Tilghman Island. If you are ever down that way in the summertime -- you won't believe this but -- in Oxford, Maryland, down a side street, is the BEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD!
my friend merle and t.j. used to make wooden cut out people..like the cowboy and the lady and santa, easter bunny..etc..all painted ..really cool.
Yep, I agree. They're cool! :)
They looked "fake" the sec i first looked at them, sorry , but maybe i can see the difference between whats real and whats fake just like i did when "Obama" was running for President. i was right about that Picture and im right about HIM.
Bah bah bah... This not-so stuffy art critic thought, "Hey these things are cool!"
(:
ha! those are so much fun! i want a giraffe one. for my back yard, of course.
They DO look real from a distance!!
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