Sunday, November 23, 2008

AToday's Flowers: A Sculpture Garden


This amazing sculpture garden sits at the entrance to a shopping plaza which was my destination on a recent Christmas shopping spree. It is along US 119 South in Charleston, West Virgina. This flower sculpture was brought to life by world renowned artist blacksmith, Jeff Fetty.
Jeff is phenomenal and has won numerous art awards and has commissioned his ironworks for the well known and famous. He has done work for President Bill Clinton, the Elizabethan Globe Theatre in London, England, Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, France and writer Tom Clancy as well as musician Jon Bon Jovi among others.
I'm very proud to say I know Jeff. He and I were classmates throughout our elementary and high school years. He still lives in the hometown where we grew up.

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42 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 1:50 PM

    Very nice captures!
    Meire

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  2. Rune EideNovember 23, 2008 at 1:53 PM

    You could have fooled me! In fact you did - I had to read the text twice. Nice capture

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  3. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 2:13 PM

    Beautiful sculpture. Nice taken.

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  4. Suffeli kuvaileeNovember 23, 2008 at 2:27 PM

    BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS!
    have a nice week!!

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  5. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 2:30 PM

    What a fun discovery and that's great that you know the artist!

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  6. CathyNovember 23, 2008 at 2:52 PM

    I'd be proud to know him, too--wonderful sculptures!

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  7. ♥ Denise BC ♥November 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM

    hello, Carletta
    Very beautiful sculpture. Great tribute to his friend, congratulations.
    Hugs

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  8. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 2:57 PM

    Oh..that is a neat photo!~Thought it was for real..

    Cheers,
    Yen

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  9. Twisted FencepostNovember 23, 2008 at 3:13 PM

    I love that sculpture! Your friend is very talented.
    At which shopping center is this displayed? I was just wondering if I know of it.

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  10. This Is My Blog - fishing guyNovember 23, 2008 at 3:20 PM

    Carletta: What a neat flower garden sculpture. It's probably covered with snow.

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  11. Dar's Foto FazeNovember 23, 2008 at 3:30 PM

    What a great sculpture! Flowers all year long.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 3:33 PM

    How cute!! :-)

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  13. Raquel Sabino PereiraNovember 23, 2008 at 3:37 PM

    Some people are really talented! They look beautiful, Carletta! Have a nice week!!!

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  14. Mckay KNovember 23, 2008 at 4:08 PM

    That is cute enough. Thanks for sharing the information on the sculpture.

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  15. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 4:10 PM

    Great pictures.
    - Cheers.

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  16. judi/GmjNovember 23, 2008 at 4:20 PM

    flowers real or sclupted are works of art. Good for you.

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  17. NealNovember 23, 2008 at 4:39 PM

    Very good Carletta. Shopping spree????.... I can't believe you like to shop. What am I saying....all women like to shop. :)

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  18. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 5:07 PM

    Happy Today's flowers. Thanks for sharing. Mine is at http://srikebakat.blogspot.com

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  19. Lizete VicariNovember 23, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    Boas fotos!
    Flor é flor.
    Um beijo. lili

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  20. julianaNovember 23, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    so clever and pretty!

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  21. DeniseinVANovember 23, 2008 at 5:55 PM

    Your friend is exceptionally talented Carletta, a true artist. I am glad you introduced us to him. This flower sculpture is very beautiful, and you took great photos.

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  22. Dr.JohnNovember 23, 2008 at 6:35 PM

    Now the cold weather won't hurt those flowers.

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  23. RoseNovember 23, 2008 at 6:55 PM

    I like it a lot!

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  24. UnknownNovember 23, 2008 at 7:53 PM

    Now that's art if you ask me!

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  25. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 8:18 PM

    That's so cool, like a breath of fresh air. Hard to tell the scale but I imagine it's pretty large for highway viewing. We could stand to see more of that!

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  26. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 8:24 PM

    Nice place, Carletta. I think Jeff made a part of the road brighter than it should be. :)

    Happy MOnday! Got a pink one as myentry today.

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  27. Napaboaniya.Elaine LingNovember 23, 2008 at 8:51 PM

    Jeff sounds like a real talented guy :)
    He must be a great guy to hang around with!

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  28. JunieRose2005November 23, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    :) Very pretty Art, Carletta!

    It's a real neat idea!

    Junie

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  29. NealNovember 23, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    Carletta, all the flower pictures on my blog were in Alaska. If you like the outdoors, you would love it up there. If you want to see some beautiful Alaska pictures look at some of these pictures. The guy lives in Alaska so he's been everywhere.

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  30. dotNovember 23, 2008 at 10:08 PM

    How unique and very pretty too!

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  31. Janice ThomsonNovember 23, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    Lovely sculptures! I also enjoyed browsing through Jeff's website.

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  32. RavenNovember 24, 2008 at 12:16 AM

    Those are just wonderful. How lovely to have flowers that bloom year round.

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  33. AnonymousNovember 24, 2008 at 12:29 AM

    Now there's a bunch of flowers even I couldn't kill! Beautiful photos of great art work.

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  34. Lilli & NevadaNovember 24, 2008 at 2:40 AM

    wow i had to take a double look at those they are just gorgeous he did a good job

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  35. Small City ScenesNovember 24, 2008 at 3:02 AM

    I love 'em. Great!!! How innovative.
    Love your critter post too and the pretty snow scene.

    I think you are doing well seeing what is 'round the bend'. MB

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  36. MelissaNovember 24, 2008 at 5:51 AM

    Wow...pretty artistic. Nice job!

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  37. JientjeNovember 24, 2008 at 7:43 AM

    Congratulations on the one year of blogging, and the cool awards Carletta! You deserve it!
    We have snow here in Belgium as well, it started snowing here yesterday. For us, this is very very early in the season, last year we did not have any snow all winter, and then it snowed on Easter day!
    I love the flowers you posted here today, and how cool is that to know the person who made them!!

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  38. LeedraNovember 24, 2008 at 10:17 AM

    This is really pretty. I sure some of his sculptures are so different than this too.

    I used to come to the Charleston Regatta every fall. Stayed just north of town. I even have some of the Regatta pins the workers received.

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  39. MelliNovember 24, 2008 at 10:33 AM

    Ohhhhhhh I LOOOOOVE those! Dang it! I could GROW them! And keep 'em alive even! Where can I get some? LOL! That is JUST what I need for my garden!

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  40. ShellyNovember 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    What a talented guy...it will be fun to see what you come up with for Today's Flowers as winter closes in ;)

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  41. Luiz Santilli JrNovember 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM

    Carletta,

    Interesting post!
    Beautiful sculpture of flowers of a great artist!

    Luiz

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  42. RamblingWoods2.comNovember 24, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    I did a double take on this one...

    New Rambling Woods Site

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