Sculpture
When Sally Ducrow began direct carving, her principal mentor told her: “Let the stone guide you”, advice she has always tried to follow. Often featuring a combination of stone with wood or other elements, much of her work displays pared-down forms and fluid lines which capture the essence of her subject, whether abstract or figurative. Her inspiration is drawn largely from myth, legend, and natural phenomena. She is also known for her sculptures of cats and birds.
- PARALLEL LIVES – Australian sandstone, Belgian marble
- UNTITLED – painted driftwood
- UNTITLED (version 2) – driftwood and found copper
- TO THE NORTH – painted wood, iron
- METAMORPHOSIS – Carrara marble with broken shell
- 2 TYRANTS – ebony, iron, electronic circuits, buttons
- EARTH – wood, stone
- FIRE – stone, wood
- CATHEDRAL – wood, sand, mirror
- THOR’S HAMMER – wood, acrylic paint
- AIR – wood,marble
- RISING MOON – mahogany, marble
- CASCADE – boxwood, African serpentine
- CASCADE (2)
- RAIN SONG – wood, painted bamboo, marble
- OVERFLOW – Zimbabwean serpentine and pebble
- THE WHEEL – limestone, serpentine
- THE JAWS OF WINTER – painted wood and alabaster
- RUDOLF ON THE BARBECUE – painted reindeer bones, steel, charred wood
- TREE IN WINTER – painted wood, alabaster
- LUNAR LANDSCAPE – painted wood, septarian stones
- GLOW-WORMS – wood, beads
- FOXFIRE – painted wood, glass
- FOXFIRE (2)
- SURF – alabaster
- SURF (2)
- ARIZONA SUN – mahogany, onyx
- RISING SUN – onyx, lava
- MEMORIES IN THE WOOD – wood, metal
- THE THREE GRACES – Carrara marble
- RIPPLES – Corsican marble with pebble
- OWL – Provençal bi-coloured limestone
- TERN – Carrara marble on slate base
- GREEN BIRD – Corsican and Carrara marble
- WHITE OWL – Carrara marble
- EAGLE – Carrara marble
- BIRD WITH EGG – Zimbabwe serpentine, marble
- BIRD WITH A RUFF – wood
- CRESTED DUCK – painted and charred wood
- HERON – Moroccan limestone
- BLACKBIRD – Belgian marble
- BLACKBIRD (2)
- GUARDIAN BIRD – olive wood, found objects
- TAKE-OFF – Greek marble
- GUARDIAN OWL – marble, wood
- PHOENIX EGG – Belgian marble, glass
- PHOENIX EGG 2 – plane tree wood and serpentine
- FROSTED CYCLOPS – painted wood, stone
- FROSTED CYCLOPS (detail)
- NILE CROCODILE – wood
- OUR LADY OF THE SEA – driftwood
- A WAVE AND A SMILE – Carrara marble
- MEDITATION – Corsican marble
- SLEEPING BUDDHA – Sienna marble
- EMPTINESS AND FORM – Carrara and Belgian marble
- RECYCLED BUDDHA – pebbles, terra cotta, stoneware, china and porcelain
- RENAISSANCE – Sarré limestone
- THE SECRET – Corsican marble, pebble
- EILEEN – Sarré limestone
- BLAH BLAH – wood
- MENHIR – limestone
- GREEN MADONNA – Corsican marble
- PREGNANT MADONNA – marble
- GREEN LADY – Corsican marble
- GREEN LADY (2)
- THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK – Belgian marble, brass
- GREAT HEART – Provençal limestone withdarker limestone inset
- ANTIQUE KING – Zimbabwean serpentine
- ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES – Provençal limestone
- CERAMOSAURUS – mosaic
- CERAMOSAURUS WITH EGG – mosaic
- RAY – Proveçal limestone and olive wood
- DINGO – Sienna marble
- MOON RABBIT – Belgian and Carrara marble
- OLIVIER – olive wood
- CAT AMONG WHALES – marble and onyx on wood base
- CAT AMONG WHALES – (side view)
- WILD CAT – Spanish serpentine
- CAT YOGA – Zimbabwean serpentine
- SLEEPING CAT – rosewood
- CAT THINKING – Tavel limestone
- CAT THINKING – (2)
- CAT MEDITATING – Provençal limestone
- ELEGANT CAT – Var limestone
- ELEGANT CAT (2)
- CAT PLAYING – granite
- CAT PLAYING (2)
- FLYING CAT – Zimbabwean serpentine
- YIN YANG CATS – Belgian and Carrara marble
- YIN YANG CATS – bronze
- MOHICAN – wood, bamboo, eucalyptus fruits
- MEANDER – wood
- BORING BANQUET- slices of filaria wood eaten by maggots
- BORING BANQUET !2)
- BORING BANQUET (detail)
- BARCODES – painted wood, beer cans, bark