Coral Statues, Sculptures and Heads

Nature delivers many beautifull corals right on our doorstep. And just like the ocean each Coral Statue has the character of the ocean as also the ocean has you fighting for your life one day and and is calm and serene the next.

As Bert says, "I just take away the rough edges, the art is already in the Coral. The statues below have been named "Spirits of the Sea".

The "Twins"	Easter Island

Coral statues are very fragile and requires  lots of patience for sculpting. Being a hard material to work with, artists and scultors need to have the mastery and time to sclulpt one-of-a-kind works of art. Natural ocean coral is a delicate yet difficould material to work with. Red ocean bottom coral is the precious coral, mostly used for coral sculptures. This type of nature's coral is found at very great depths of our sea bottoms. Red Coral is one of the most wanted types of coral to work with because of its density. The original type and several other sorts of marine coral species are generally found on ocean bottom at a depth of 10 to 30 meters below.
 

History and Culture of Coral Statues en Sculptures

The Atlantic was at early times, the main  gathering grounds for Red Coral until near depletion of the main Red Coral areas from harvesting. Within recent years, there has been a healthy harvesting of the discovered material, near the Strait of Gibraltar and incoming to the Taiwan oceanic area near by the strong currents. Red Coral has a heritage of time and present beauty for the collectors desiring this heritage of earthly nature.

The Red Coral desirable for sculpting, grows upon the deep stony bottom in very dark environments, most ofttimes resembling small leafless bushes measuring up to a meter tall. The Red Coral is a skeleton mixture of hornlike calcium carbonate. This is a natural creation that crapper be polished to a fine glassy shine with a flowing range from a range of warm pink to the darker reddish color tones, many items from jewelry to sculpture are derived from this creation of nature.

With this naturally intense glossiness and permanent ambiance of colorization, natural oceanic Red Coral has historically and is presently manipulated into many forms of sculpture. Coral jewelry has been discovered archaeologically in ancient Egyptian and prehistoric European burials, along with crafted modern desired collectible items of our modern day. Due to the softness and opacity, coral is commonly molded into beads along with formative types of animated sculptures.

Historically coral is connected all the way back to Greek mythology. Within the Greek story of Perseus inadvertently concurs the sea ogre Andromeda with Medusa's blood that turns to coral. Perseus place Medusa nous on the riverbank while washing his hands after the concurring aftermath of Medusa. As the blood of Medusa flowed, coral was formed, adventitiously defeating Andromeda. Within the Roman culture, there was belief of protection from harm by coral as well as a cure to wound made by snakes and scorpion along with diagnosis of diseases by the coral color changing.

Today, various types of coral are well manipulated into a wide difference of beautifully fashioned items, from jewelry to delicate sculptures. From historical book to our current artistic worldly cultures of today, the oceans heritage of this wanted touchable is manipulated, fashioned and sculptured into a recognize beauty of for us to enjoy from some of the deepest depths of our world.