"Struggle" Sculpture w/ woodturning, casting, resin and willow wood. Depicting internal balance

This piece took many steps including wood turning, resin casting, alginate casting, carving and a lot of crazy. I invite you to determine for yourself what this piece means... is about balance, a battle, a struggle or a rescue? It is made from resin and willow wood and finished with Teak Oil.

This piece can be purchased at ArtForOUR.org, for 3 weeks this piece will be part a of a live auction at:

https://www.artforour.org/currentauctions

I spend my free time dreaming up ways to express my artistic side and raising money for Operation Underground Railroad. O.U.R. funds, supports, trains and guides rescue missions for children caught in sex trafficking and guides them to better lives with an amazing after-care program. See more at: OURRESCUE.ORG

My Sponsors:
- Total Boat Epoxy Resin: Resin & supply discounts and O.U.R. donations will be created when you use this link: https://www.totalboat.com/artforour
-Troomi: child / teen safe smart phones: https://www.artforour.org/kid-teen-safe-cell-phones, each purchase generates $30 for O.U.R. You can save $50, use code TroomiOUR.
- Laguna: lagunatools.com

Ways to help me fight child trafficking:

1: Buy or sell an item at: ArtForOUR.org... woodworking, painting, drawing, jewelry etc.
2: Shop at our Merchandise Store: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3iF90fYe5Nmdcfo2Ghodw/store
3. Donate directly to my O.U.R. Fundraiser: https://my.ourrescue.org/fundraisers/dan-preeces-fundraiser
4: Join our Social Media:
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/operationundergroundrailroadmarketplace
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtForOUR
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danthemanpreece
Pinterest: https://fi.pinterest.com/PocketFullOfSawdust/_created
Twitter: @DanPreeceOUR
6: Join this channel with a paid membership, all funds raised are donated.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3iF90fYe5Nmdcfo2Ghodw/join
7: Buy a child or teen a safe smart phone: https://www.artforour.org/kid-teen-safe-cell-phones, each purchase generates $30 for O.U.R.
8: Do your Amazon shopping using this link to help me raise $ for O.U.R.:
(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, every penny is donated) https://www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6dc50d7c75d86c29056daf37ff0852be&node=10272111&tag=pocketfullofs-20

My commonly used tools:
-Laguna lathe, very well built, solid, strong, variable speed, 110 or 220 volt (https://amzn.to/3orYsOy)
- Lathe tools:
-Carbide tip: https://amzn.to/3agd3ay
-Great beginner set: https://amzn.to/3t5iMsA
-Simple Hollowing System: https://amzn.to/2T9TFHx
-Carter Steady Rest: https://amzn.to/3zIpQ3I
-Ron Brown Longworth Chuck: https://amzn.to/3JhxIfH

-File Sander: https://amzn.to/36o3hlE, for those hard to get to sanding projects.
-Flexible Shaft carving tool: https://amzn.to/3vnwB5E
-Angle Grinder: (https://amzn.to/36lgewG), one of my most indispensable tools, (https://amzn.to/3iXtNHW) this one has a flat head, helps get into tight spaces, carving and sanding disks are a life saver.
- Grinder Carving Disk: (https://amzn.to/39oWqKG), this is a really great disk for roughing out medium sized projects
- Grinder Sanding Disks: (https://amzn.to/3cj91Rv), fantastic for sanding and minor-moderate shaping stages
- Round Sanding System: (https://amzn.to/3r11N8Q) sleeves go around an inflatable ball (https://amzn.to/2KVCUvW )or make your own foam ball, attaches to a drill, great for tight corners.
- Palm Sander: (https://amzn.to/3r1mJg8), I like the size of the sand paper for both this and on the lathe by hand.
- Chain Saw: (https://amzn.to/2MbWNj2), trusty gas type, I also bought this electric one (https://amzn.to/3qZOqpp) for the in the garage projects
- Super Glue: (https://amzn.to/3pFg5vT) thin and runny, perfect for stabilizing bark or other unstable wood.
-Flexible Foam for mold building/dams: https://amzn.to/36lhGi8
-Resin: TotalBoat.com has been gracious enough to donate resin for my future projects, given them some love! You can get 15% off using my code: PreeceTB or Preece
- Pigments: https://amzn.to/3sYC5ng, great quality for resin
- Pressure Pot: (https://amzn.to/3JjD7mo) 10 gallon for big projects, (https://amzn.to/3tfp1u2) 5 gallon for the average sized resin projects or (https://amzn.to/3pwX0M8) for the smaller average jobs 2.5 gallon, both need minor modifications to work.
- Vacuum Chamber: for big projects! (https://amzn.to/3oG6XrZ)
- Protection:
- Head Protection: https://amzn.to/39t3lm0: face shield for carving and lathe work.
-Respirator: HIGHLY recommended for wood and resin work, speaking as a Dr, protect those lungs!
-Ear Protection: https://amzn.to/3tqYWbA and those ears: https://amzn.to/3qa9xW2

Thank you for your support!

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