Faux bois, French for “false wood,” is a type of material for crafting projects to look like wood. It is also the name of the free-hand sculpture technique to imitate the natural look of tree trunks and branches that support the beautiful rose vines and wisteria planted along the sidewalks in The Huntington’s Rose Garden in San Marino.
On Thursday, Jan. 28, join the Pasadena Senior Center at 2 p.m. and watch a documentary on faux bois and learn more about how the craft is practiced.
The documentary was produced by Pasadena-based photographer and filmmaker Michael E. Stern, who was called in as The Huntington was completing a restoration of their historic faux bois Rose Garden arbor.
The film showing will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Stern worked closely with Terrence Eagan, the sculptor – he’d rather be identified as a craftsman than an artist – who led the restoration of the Rose Garden’s faux bois starting in 2010. Like two peas in a pod, the two of them worked together to create the enlightening documentary.
Jean Sudbury, a Los Angeles-based composer, added her original music, recorded at a Sierra Madre recording studio. Sudbury is also a string player, a yoga teacher, and an avid gardener as well. She chose the sound of the mandola to create just the right savoir-faire for the documentary.
To register for the free online event, visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org/lectures-events/online-events/3393-documentary-the-huntington-rose-garden-faux-bois-sculptures and click the Register Online button.
