PIECE PROFILES
HAUNTED OAK
PIECE PROFILES
HAUNTED OAK
If you go down to the woods today be sure to go in disguise! If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise!
In the heart of an ancient forest, rising like a grim sentinel from a mist shrouded bog is the Haunted Oak. The twisted, gnarled, blackened remains of a once proud tree stands amid a riot of writhing roots, creeping outwards like a squirming skirt into the thick, frothy water.
It has a long, dark history. Used by the old forest tribes as an oracle, a gallows, and a gateway to the underworld. They believed that a spirit dwelled within the ancient oak with the power to foretell the future, and that the spirit's consent to reveal its secrets could only be bought by the blood of human sacrifice.
Sometimes the spirit possessed the very fabric of the tree inhabiting wood and bark, sometimes it took the form of a fearsome dragon, proud and ravenous. The tribespeople would gather before the towering trunk with their victim and invoke the ghostly servant of the spirit to appear. This hooded figure seemed to cast a mesmeric lure upon the sacrifice who would slowly step forward into the squirming embrace of the ragged roots, never to retrace their steps.
The blackened, scarred corpse of the oak is testament to the many attempts to destroy it, whether by fire or axe, by the loved ones of the chosen, enflamed by vengeance and a desire to end the vile practices of their superstitious society.
The Haunted Oak it is named, and it stands there still, in the heart of a dreadful forest cursed by ghost and dragon. No curious traveller has rambled along the dim woodland trails of the forbidden forest and ever returned to the campfires of the tribes to speak of their journey.
There is a hidden terror that lurks in the darkest corner of the forest, reared on the blood of the innocent, and always hungry.
The above text is taken from the certificate that comes with the piece and was written by Andrew Bill
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NUMBER |
AB20030 |
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NAME |
HAUNTED OAK |
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TITLE |
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SCULPTOR |
ANDREW BILL |
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SIZE (H/W/D) |
H - 31cm (12.25") / W - 18cm (7") / D - 20cm (8") |
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RELEASED |
2012 |
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RETIRED/SOLD OUT |
- |
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LIMITED |
2,000 |
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NUMBER ACTUALLY MADE |
- |
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GEM STONE |
- |
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ORIGINAL SELLING PRICE (£/$) |
£85.00 ($) |
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OTHER INFORMATION |
A special version of Haunted Oak was commisioned by Adrian Donati from the UK arm of the Dragonsite. It is a very limited run in a different colourway to that of the production run. All are painted by Tina Allen (nee Sherratt) - See bottom of this page. |
Below are photos of the wax in early stages, without the wings or head etc... attached, and the tree is in the very early stages of building up.
The photos were taken in Andrew Bills workshop on the 18th of March 2008
Below are photos of the wax in early stages, with the wings & head etc... temporarily attached for photos.
The photos were taken in Andrew Bills workshop on the 18th of March 2008
The two photos below show how the neck and lower jaw have yet to be fleshed out 
The photo below clearly shows the hooded figure that stands beneath the tree
Below is the special edition produced in a very limited run by dragonsite UK painted by Tina Allen (nee Sherratt) in a different colourway
Click the image or the next button to see more photos of this superior piece
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