Large Bee Garden Sculpture

Large Bee Garden Sculpture

This is my Large Bee Garden Sculpture, made with a live edge piece of White Cedar timber. It is standing on a polished concrete base measuring 19″ x 12″ and measures 44″ high by 22″ wide. It is currently available priced at €600.

The story behind the design

After having the idea of a garden sculpture featuring a Bee I developed a couple of patterns. The first one was with a bee surrounded by a honeycomb pattern which was my personal preference.
To do this my panel size would have to be 18″ diameter. My live edge piece of White Cedar though was only wide enough to frame a 16.5″ diameter panel so I had to rethink the design. I settled on enlarging the central bee element and losing the honeycomb surround.
Honeycomb Bee
Honeycomb Bee Pattern

Large Bee Pattern

So this is the design I settled on for my garden sculpture, and I have to say it worked out very well using lead came. After I completed this project I decided to make the honeycomb pattern as well. This time I used the copper foil method to construct the panel and edged it in 2 mm “U” came. Here is a photo of the completed panel below.

Honeycomb Bee Round Panel
Large Bee
Large Bee Pattern

These patterns are now available to buy in the Patterns Store as PDF downloads. You get both of these designs included for the one price.

 
 

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My name is David Kennedy and I create stained glass patterns and designs. These are downloadable PDF files and they are available to buy on this website. If you would like to view the selection please visit the Patterns Store to see the full range. I work in both lead and copper foil which enables me to produce a wide range of different styles. These are skills I have developed over the last 35 years of working with glass.

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