Memorial Map of the Bend Golf Club

Those of you who have come into my workshop over the past year have seen this project go from CAD to physical reality back to CAD and then again to physical reality. The Bend Golf Club came to me over a year ago to make a memorial map of their course as a way to reference the locations of trees and benches that have been dedicated to members’ loved ones.

When I was at Redmond High School in the 80’s, BGC was the only course in Bend and our Golf team played the course against Bend High and Mountain View. Back then, the fairways were heavily treed and super narrow. I have fond memories of playing the course, even I was a terrible golfer.

Thanks to Adam Mendel and Chris Neville for their help with the CAD portion and to my daughter Doris Nash for help with the painting of the fairway’s and greens. And many thanks to the BGC Grounds Committee for their patience.

Mallet & Chisel Work

Now for the hand-work. Probably my favorite part of sculpting, is chiseling away pieces and parts to create movement and fine-tune the shapes. Definitely helps to be able to lay the work down on its side and rotate it to get to challenging places. This piece will have a chiseled texture, heavier in some areas and more subdued in others. Best part of my day is when I can get lost with handwork.

A new sculpture is forming — nashwood

love. adoration. intimacy.

This is by far the largest sculpture in any medium that I have attempted and although I have done some chainsaw roughing out of smaller sculptures this has given me a good window into the subtle and not-so-subtle art of working with a chainsaw. I’m now at the point of working with less aggressive tooling: hand tools rasps and chisels. Looking forward to seeing this polished and finished. w

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It’s sometimes easier to work chisel and mallet by laying a sculpture down. Definitely nice to put down the chainsaw.