z SOLD ~ Pelican Lips Marble Sculpture like Petrified Wood

Stone ~Canadian Marble 12.5 in. x 22 in x 6.5 in. Sold, Private Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas Pelican Lips Brown Fleuri Marble (Canada)one-of-a-kind12.5" h x 22" w x 6.5" d© 2006 Kelly Borsheim    At the time I began to conceive of the concept for Pelican Lips, I had already realized several compositions in my Lips Series. I had started to see all sorts of shapes in human lips, most often birds. When I examined this hard brown marble I had bought from a Canadian quarry and saw the patterns and color in the stone, brown pelicans naturally came to mind.    This marble was created in very obvious layers, and in some ways carving was similar to that of Fish Lips without the zigzags. I knew that if I carved in at 90 degrees to the mostly parallel lines, I would see all kinds of wild patterns, so that is what I did. A lot of people who have seen this work have commented that this marble looks a lot like petrified wood.    Pelican Lips has been sealed, like all of my other stones, an