Description
Discover "Memory of My Father", a unique sculpture representing a handcrafted steel tree. Created in 2024, this delicate and textured artwork embodies strength and memory, evoking timeless nature and cherished moments.
Each tree is shaped through the careful assembly and welding of numerous small pieces of steel.
- Material: Hand-welded steel
- Dimensions: 11½ x 12 x 12 inches
- Base: Natural wood with an added stone
- Creation: Year 2024
- Certificate of authenticity included
Add this evocative piece to your art collection for a touch of elegance and emotion.*
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The artist
Gilles Drolet
Beaulac-Garthby
Native of the Quebec City region, I was introduced to sculpture as a teenager by my grandfather. I discovered the pleasure of working with wood, but I had to give up this activity for professional reasons.
After a busy professional career, I began to dream of working with metal without having the slightest notion of the requirements of this material. I would even wake up at night imagining ways to make metal tree sculptures. I asked a specialist in industrial welding to give me basic welding training, after which I invested myself intensely in this universe.
A few weeks later, I had made my first tree. A little puny, almost sickly, this first tree was still the object of great pride because I saw the trees to come. The following took the panache; they have become more costly, more provided, more alive.
These trees that I develop represent for me the strength and stubbornness of life. Climbing a tree to the sky requires perseverance, resistance and adaptation: a reflection of many human lives ... Each new branch proclaims hope and renewal.
Hoping that the emotions I experience when creating my works can be transmitted to you.
