Where To Put the Sculpture
There are five places I especially like to see my copper sculptures:
- The first is in places that are heavily shaded or are mostly green - such as an area where there are lots of hostas or near the edge of a woods. The contrast between the copper figure and the green background is stunning, especially when the light filters through the trees and catches the figures. They glow! Can't you just see a Wood Nymph right on the border of your yard under a tree as if shes' just sneaked into your garden from the wild woods. The Gypsy Moth, the Flower Child, and Dwinkle are good ones for this spot, too.
- Another spot I like is beds where there are tiers of flowers. I place the faeire, elf or maagic animal so that flowers are at its feet and behind it. When bigger perennials such as phlox want to flop over, I use the sculpture to help prop them up. The Fancy Faerie, the Iris Faerie, the Wind Faerie, and the Little Faerie Dancer are especially nice framed with flowers.
- A third place is near water - at the edge of a pond or dancing down a stream. The kitty cat juggling fish is fun beside a pond. Imagine see three faeries - one on either side of a stream and one right in the middle!
- I try to make my garden magic. I like for there to be subtle surprises and discoveries for all who visit. Imagine walking through my cottage garden, turning a corner, and there - tucked behind a shrub is. . . . a faerie! What fun! Dwinkle the running elf, the Wood Nymph, and the Little Faerie Dancer are fun tucked away like this.
- My faeries are really fun in trees, too. The Elf playing a Horn is great perched on a tree branch. He looks like he's playing music for the birds to sing along to. The Green Man is fun perched in the crook of a tree. I also hang the Grand Jete Faerie, the Flying Faerie and Bearberry the Bear from tree branches.