I endevoured into the wild, my sculpture and I. To find a spot where she could lie. It was a liitle tough, to find our way say. And she’s a little rough, what can I say.
This angle then that, and so we went. Over rocks and boulders and grassy sloaps. (I exagerate!) She’s most transparent straight on you see. She weighs about 25kg. And she just had to be placed in a beautiful spot.
At one point, to get onto a pile of rocks, i even used her as a walking stick. So many deadly snakes in the Cederberg you see! We watch where we step.
This rock formation really was the best setup. It had the mountain range at the back opposite the sun where the moon also rises. Problem was, she is well balanced, but has to be on a flat surface, and there were none. I tried a few spots but she kept falling over. There was an orange rock lying there, quite visible because it was lying on a more light grey rockface. I realised I couldn’t really use it to make her more stable.
Then, to my amazement, I saw a little ledge with a perfectly straight side and on the side perpendicular to this straight edge, a little round knob sticking out more or less around the same level directly upright. See the picture!
I set up the sculpture and then walked to the side facing it straight on. I’m going to set my phone camera up as soon as it is fully charged, and then leave it there until the moon is out of the shot. I hope that sometime soon you will see the image on my website.