Sentences with phrase «discarded telephone poles»

Grossman rose to national prominence in the 1960s for her sculptures of heads carefully carved from the soft wood of discarded telephone poles, overlaid with leather, and adorned with zippers, glass eyes, enamel noses, spikes and straps.

From the late 1960s into the 1980s, Grossman carved heads from the hard wood of discarded telephone poles, overlaid them with leather, and then adorned them with zippers, lacquered wooden noses, spikes, and straps.