Function and form sometimes

 

I have continued working on the post assemblage that will be at the entry to an orchid garden. It will have rusty elements to it - some of the rusty bits were laid out on the work bench - see above.

I have been asked to rout a garden name into the post - needed Fiona's assistance with the lettering and spacing - see image below of Fiona at work.

I routed over Fiona's work - not so neat when you are routing smallish letters into a cracked and hard piece of timber. The process-progress photos below show that the end result it pretty good and has an organic feel about it. The routed letters were inked and after a sand the face of the post was given a coat of oil.

As I mentioned above the timber has many splits; but there is one piece on the back of the post that threatens to split off. I decided to hold it in place with iron strips and long screws. At the end of the day these strips will rust and add a bit of decorative form to the post.

I have someway to go with this post but two of the bigger tasks have been done and I have many of the decorative pieces ready..