Flor Flamenca
After I finished my third table, a friend asked if I could do anything that
wasn't flat. I rose to the challenge and started building this 5'6"
flamingo. Little (really, quite little) did I know what I was getting
into. Four and a half months later, she was finally finished. She is built out
of rebar, wire mesh, wire, and cement with some plumbing parts thrown in for
good measure and shape. She is covered with glass, but her name comes from the
ceramic flowers that adorn her chest and neck. She sports colorful fishnet
(appropriate for water fowl) stockings. I love the ocean, so I included a few
sea shells here and there and, since our pooch was losing his puppy teeth, he
is immortalized by having a few of them are tucked between her legs. Flor was
lucky enough to have a 13" picture of herself appear in the San Jose Mercury
News, front page of the garden section, in 2006. She greets us everyday when we
come home.
