I Am Still Alive

I received this wooden sculpture as a gift while in France two summers back.

It had obviously been exposed to the elements for some time before coming into my possession. When I got it, the base was splitting and the sculpture couldn’t stand upright on its own (I am assuming that it could at one point stand since the paint on the surfaces that would theoretically face the sun is faded whereas the other surfaces’ paint is still crisp—I may at some point repaint it).

So I didn’t figure I could un-warp the wood, but I could adjust the alignment of the sculpture’s axis by sawing through the base.

Uh. And that’s what I did yesterday evening.