Mud Maidens

Lesley_Gaye

We are doing our front garden

Have put in 10 minarette trees, 4 apple, 3 cherry, 3 plum, all different varieties and am hoping to get a few fruits this year. They are in a small space so am really pleased so far

I would like to have a sculptural interest out there and am pondering about doing a Mud Maiden like at Heligan Gardens

We have enough room to squeeze something like that in, but I'm not sure how to go about it. The hardest part is the 'hard' part, that isn't plants, ie the hand and face. I have wondered whether it would work doing a figure facing away from me, so I could use moss and plants for the whole thing then (around some kind of framework)

Has anyone else done anything like this and have any tips?

elantan

wow i have never seen anything like this before ...its stunning cant say i blame you for wanting to do something like it ...cant help you with what your looking for though sorry ...just wanted to tell you its stunning

savemoney

I was in Cornwall last Summer very near that place, wish I had gone now, I was trying to have holiday on cheap so used some free admissions to our places I got with walkers crisps

alanobrien

I believe this was the first work of Sue and Pete Hill, there is more of there work here;

http://rurality.blogspot.com/2008/02/of-mud-men-and-moss-maids.html

Lesley_Gaye

alanobrien wrote: »

I believe this was the first work of Sue and Pete Hill, there is more of there work here;

http://rurality.blogspot.com/2008/02/of-mud-men-and-moss-maids.html

just been looking at their stuff - haven't decided yet if they are so talented I am intimidated, or if they inspire me!

chelms38

I take it she was on the booze all night and fell asleep in the woods?

tanith

savemoney wrote: »

I was in Cornwall last Summer very near that place, wish I had gone now, I was trying to have holiday on cheap so used some free admissions to our places I got with walkers crisps

We used Tesco Vouchers to go to Heligan and Eden it saved us a packet.. and I preferred Heligan so calm and tranquil , Eden was ok but very commercial

Lesley_Gaye

tanith wrote: »

We used Tesco Vouchers to go to Heligan and Eden it saved us a packet.. and I preferred Heligan so calm and tranquil , Eden was ok but very commercial

we went to both a few years ago and would agree with that. Loved the Eden Project, but enjoyed Heligan so much more