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just a little something
I created a short video of some of my builds. https://www.youtube.com/@DouglasWalkerSculpture/videos
and the band played on
Hey my friends its been awhile since I've blogged. So much has changed since we left the NorthWest Flower and Garden Show in early March. With the cancellation of art shows and festivals for the rest of the year we have had to change the plan and get creative. It's working out well; sales are strong and travel expenses are down. While still delivering sculpture in person here on Vancouver Island, we have had to come up with some creative shipping plans for Canada, the USA and the rest of the world. Shipping has become much easier and quicker over the last few years.
seattle skyline
A little more video featuring my water feature Seattle Skyline.
have a look here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD0Fzq9hOXA
moonshine still
moonshine still
40 in. H, 24 In. W, 24 in. D
Did some one say...
MOONSHINE STILL
ascend, a new work.
ASCENDING
"rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees ascending powers of x an ascending scale"
we are up at www.douglaswalkersculpture.ca
FYI everybody I have moved my website to www.douglaswalkersculpture.ca
Please add it to your bookmarks and stay tuned for upcoming news about "Ascend" my latest piece.
Here is a teaser video.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCW0WmmlDGQ
gas town buskers live at bc children's hospital
Its been quite a while since we installed Gas Town Buskers at the BC Children’s Hospital Acute Care Center in Vancouver. I am always playing catch up, there seems to be no end to it; which is a good thing. In October 2016 the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation commissioned me to build a sculpture for the new Acute Care Center, which was still under construction. The sculpture was to be situated on the sixth-floor outdoor patio. I was (and am) very honored to be chosen for this project. Over the course of that summer I built the piece and installed it in September.
the gift of joy
A few weeks ago we were very fortunate to be contacted by a producer from OhMore Media. He asked if I would be interested in taking part in a documentary featuring my sculptures. The main interest was to be my process. Why not?! Director Ken Barnes enters the story ... And he brought his incredible talent with him. Ken recognized and captured the joy in my work. Here it is: 'The Gift of Joy'….
catching up to myself 2017 part one.
Traveling across the United State for the first time was an eye opener. We left Mount Vernon, Washington about ten or ten thirty Monday morning heading for DuPage IL, just outside of Chicago. My GPS claimed the trip was twenty-eight hundred miles, travel duration thirty-six hours. Three days to travel most of the way across America. ‘The I 90 never stops’; we saw that sign over and over as we travelled, and it was true! There was construction all the way, but I don’t think the traffic flow stopped once. Washington; Idaho; Montana; ……. The sights went on forever.
catching up with myself, 2017
2017 has been the busiest year ever for us. With three or four art shows in Canada and the USA, I don’t even know how many private pieces and two pubic art commissions. Jann and I both have worked full time on the business this year and after many years we are starting to enjoy the success of our labours.
Public art 2017 # 1 - The Water Works
getting ready for something new….
Recently I was contacted by the DuPage Children’s Museum to create a water sculpture for their facility. The museum is just what you would expect: A place for kids to have fun while discovering new things, and experiencing how those things work. Filled with colour and super-fun looking mechanical and scientific installations, the DuPage Children’s Museum must be a dream place for kids of all ages to visit and hang out.
mid winter - spring is coming newsletter
Mid winter - spring is coming newsletter
water factory: the art of an eavestrough sculpture
A few weeks ago we completed installing a sculpture at Maplewood Farm in North Vancouver, BC. The sculpture was commissioned by the North Vancouver Regional District Arts Commission earlier this year and was intended to be a functional part of the farm’s rainwater collection system. Positioned between the barn eavestrough downspout and the rain barrel, the sculpture acts as a interceptor. Water Factory is a rainwater driven kinetic sculpture that embodies form and function; and was inspired by a big red barn wall.
76 trombones - my dream sculpture
Like most kids of my generation I saw the movie “The Music Man” when it first came out in our local theater. Not many years after the movie I joined a marching band. It wasn’t so much a marching band as it was a drum corps supporting a group of majorettes. The “Owen Sound High Steppers” toured around southern Ontario in Canada for many years. My job in the drum corps was to hold down the bottom end. The bass drum. I guess I didn’t have the chops to play the snare drum.
the french horn connection
Here are some photos of my most recent musical instrument fountain. I enjoy building sculptures that share the same basic theme, and the French Horn Union is one of those. I think this is number nine or ten in the French Horn Union series. I'm calling this piece "The French Horn Connection" Each sculpture in the series shares the common factor of a pair of french horns setup in an "S" shaped pattern, but that's the end of any similarity. I couldn't duplicate a fountain sculpture if I tried.
the cat lady is completed - a sculpture made from recycled metals is revealed.
I am so very excited to have finished this sculpture; "Obsession" As many of you know, I mainly build water feature sculptures from up-cycled, discarded musical instruments and found objects, but once in awhile I get to stray from the usual and tread in unfamiliar places. The idea for the Cat Lady sculpture was inspired by one of my long time clients. She wanted me to build a significant piece as a gift for her employer. He, "the employer", is just crazy about cats; in fact he is the founder of a well known cat rescue organization.
master upcycler series: douglas walker
This is part of an ongoing series, we are doing to feature all the amazing Master Upcyclers out there. Have someone we should consider writing about, then please Email Us! Follow the Master Upcycler Series here. Whimsical, eclectic, and humorous, award winning Canadian artist Douglas Walker blends and forms ordinary objects into finely crafted garden sculptures.
please check out the link below from upcyclepost.com
a new musical instrument fountain is completed.
"Tuba Tango"
Tuba Tango Was completed a week or so ago. I love the swirling composition of this fountain. The sousaphone set that up. Just as soon as I attached it the sculpture took shape.
a studio visitor took a stunning photo of a musical instrument sculpture.
Melody and Mike Lee stopped by my studio the other day to have a look around. They had seen a fountain I made several years ago at The James Gallery on Quadra Island. I didn't have many fountains to show them so they kindly commissioned me to make one for them. I'm looking forward to getting started on it in the fall. While they were here Melody took a photo of the musical instrument sculpture that I am working on. I love the photo because it really captures the mood of the sculpture, as well as the chaos that I call a studio. Thanks Melody!
recycled horns make music again as waterworks fountains by artist douglas walker.
Debbie Travis wants to make beautiful music with artist Douglas Walker
When I am developing a room design, there is usually a simple idea or theme that sparks my imagination and starts the process.
76 trombones a musical instrument sculpture.
Here is a great photo of the sculpture 76 Trombones on location in Mason City Iowa as part of River City Sculptures on Parade.
76 Trombones
art in the garden at bellevue botanical garden
Join us for “Art in the Garden” at the Bellevue Botanical Garden August 29 & 30, 2015, 10 am to 5 pm
76 trombones a musical instrument sculpture
I met a new friend (Rick Underwood) last weekend at the Moss Street Paint In, in Victoria BC. He had recently been to Nelson BC where he happened upon my sculpture; 76 Trombones. He did a wonderful job of capturing the spirit of 76 Trombones and the results are below. Thanks Rick! The City of Nelson has leased this musical instrument sculpture for the next year from the Castlegar Sculpturewalk lease program.
a new sculpture emerges from the studio: zelda dubeau
Over the years I have created a handful of human form sculptures. Zelda is the latest of them to emerge. She is the newest member of the Dubeau sisters; Sissy, Giselle, Esmeralda, Lola and now Zelda are a family of quirky singers, dancers and musical creatives.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
garden fountain sculpture
This Short video shows you what our musical, metal art Garden fountains look like when they are running! Please share with your friends, every "like" "share" and comment helps!
douglas walker metal art studio
This short video was made by my friend Ross Bodenmann. Featuring me in my shop working on a outdoor sculpture made of used musical instruments and various pieces of scrap metal. Hope you enjoy!