Vespa Scooter

It is surprising how many mechanical objects one can find in driftwood when you are searching for them. The flanges on the cylinder head on the 150cc engine are from wood that had the soft grain eaten away by termites. The scooter sculpture is made in two thirds scale from a 1959 model

White Rhino

Larger driftwood sculptures are made by constructing a sturdy frame 
which is covered with hollow sections from old tree trunks.

Giant Heron.
Made from hardwood found on a game farm this sculpture was delicately balanced on an ironwood base. The largest of South African herons has been known to capture and eat other small birds.

Ostrich life size.

The larges bird that cannot fly. The tail section was made with a knot of driftwood that formed an unusual shape due to a parasite that caused the defect in the living tree. This sculpture went to a private lodge in Nelspruit.