A creative use of branches and knots

Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

4 Apr 23

I can see that.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Apr 23

They're big into St Bernadette in Ireland. lol

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@DaddyEvil (138020)

• United States

4 Apr 23

It is very nicely done,

It's entirely possible that is made out of willow withes but the small knotty spots on them make me think it is some type of bamboo. (I could be entirely mistaken, too.)

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@DaddyEvil (138020)

• United States

4 Apr 23

@JudyEv I don't know that one.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

I think the other wood I heard mentioned was alder.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

@DaddyEvil They're not native to Australia but I think we have them here.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182777)

• United States

3 Apr 23

Very cool, I wonder how long it took to make that?

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

I can't imagine but the skirt looks pretty intricate for starters with those knots worked into it.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90571)

• Arvada, Colorado

3 Apr 23

Just beautiful..yes willow it is Judy I am sure of that.

She is either Brigid or the Banshee

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90571)

• Arvada, Colorado

3 Apr 23

@JudyEv Yes the old Banshee. She is well known. My Mother had heard her she told me RIP

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Apr 23

I watched a film called the Banshees of Inisherin last night and this certainly looks like a banshee to me! lol

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51688)

• Canada

3 Apr 23

What a very talented person to create this, they must have such a good eye and excellent nimble fingers.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

It is certainly an art in itself.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (55195)

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3 Apr 23

Wow! That is awesome.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

It really impressed me.

Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (161165)

• United States

4 Apr 23

Very clever work. I admire people with these skills.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 23

They must have very fertile imaginations. I'd have trouble coming up with the ideas.

Always smiling

@allknowing (138318)

• India

4 Apr 23

Neat and very creative

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

We've seen quite a bit of this craft in Ireland. Not so far this trip but on previous visits.

Sandy

@velvet53 (22546)

• Palisade, Colorado

3 Apr 23

That is awesome! Someone had a wonderful imagination.

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Sandy

@velvet53 (22546)

• Palisade, Colorado

6 Apr 23

@Aquitaine24 I love it.

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Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

4 Apr 23

@JudyEv this seems to be a traditional craft of Ireland.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

I've seen other similar things on previous visits. These are at the National Stud in Killarney.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113052)

• El Paso, Texas

4 Apr 23

That is really kool, it's a little eerie but was really well made. I'd love to learn about what the person, or persons, who made it were trying to portray.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113052)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Apr 23

Now I'll have to look her up, I'm not Catholic so I'm not really up on all the saints they have.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

We'll be taking our great-nephew there so I might if I missed a sign about it.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 23

@rebelann I think the most likely explanation is that it portrays St Bernadette.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50744)

• United States

3 Apr 23

It takes talent to make them.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

I think so too.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108824)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Apr 23

It would have taken a long time. I think it is great

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108824)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Apr 23

@JudyEv I don't either. It's very involved

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

I'm not sure where you would start to make something like this.

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rakski

@rakski (126771)

• Philippines

4 Apr 23

that is an awesome imagination and creativity there!!

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rakski

@rakski (126771)

• Philippines

4 Apr 23

@JudyEv true

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

I think so too. I would take as much imagination as many other art forms.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (104659)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

3 Apr 23

Nice images of the sapling on this post.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Apr 23

Thanks.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (104659)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

4 Apr 23

@JudyEv You are welcome.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (140370)

• Roseburg, Oregon

4 Apr 23

I think the figure looks really nice.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (140370)

• Roseburg, Oregon

5 Apr 23

@JudyEv Yes it is nice looking and very creative.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Apr 23

It's well done, isn't it? Very creative.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472258)

• Switzerland

4 Apr 23

This is a beautiful craft, not easy to make.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 23

There is a lot of work that has gone into this.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472258)

• Switzerland

7 Apr 23

@JudyEv Very hard work and well done.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

5 Apr 23

That's really something. It looks like something that would have been made in Asia perhaps.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

7 Apr 23

@JudyEv That's great!

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 23

@JamesHxstatic Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I'd love something like this in my garden.

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@JudyEv (342484)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 23

We've seen quite a bit of this sort of work in Ireland. This one was taken at the National Stud on another visit.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

4 Apr 23

It had to be complicate to make the figure from willow. My great grandad wove willow branches into all sorts of things. I think that was done a lot back in the day.

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