Greg is a young American chap who works from his studio in Indiana as a wood carver. Each of his pieces is hand made using linden mainly but also cedar, pine and aspen woods. He then hand paints and finishes his work before sometime making an assemblage, where he uses found and vintage objects.
When I was a child, there was a shop in Southport called Wayfairer's and in the toy dept was a treasure chest of the most wonderful wooden toys from Germany. Mr Guedel's delightful designs are the grown up version of those childhood toys. So very appealing. I am charmed by the form, the rich colour and his details such as the vintage glass beads and interesting wires.
Should you wish to see more of this chaps agreeable sculpture he has a strong presence on Pinterest, an excellent website at www.gregguedel.com and an Etsy shop at GregGuedel, where his prices are not bad at all.
Apologies also for being so long in posting, my whole family has had a really vigorous virus that literally laid me up in bed for over a week and has put a dear friend in hospital. What with nursing duties, falling ill myself and then recovering I have not made a doll for nearly three weeks. Unheard off. So fingers crossed back to the grindstone this week - looking forward to it.
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