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Wee Forest Folk® History - Annette's Stone Owls
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Long before the start of the Wee Forest Folk®, Annette's creative energy was well underway.
From knowing her and visiting her home, I believe she has always been creative. Her home is just
the way you might imagine an artist's home to look, everywhere you look you see her creations.
Well, to get back to my story. Somewhere in the early 1970's she was creating Stone Owls
from stones she would pick up in her travels. We sold several of these in our shop in the late
1970's.
She would look at a stone with her artistic eye and could see it as an owl. Most folks would
just see a stone. She would find several stones just the right shape to become the body,
and others the ears. Her husband, being a Chemist by profession, suggested using epoxy to hold
the stones together and to also become part of the sculpture itself. For a base she used some
natural find, like a strong piece of tree bark. She used the epoxy to secure her creations
onto this natural base.
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