WHALE WATCH #PXNA2

HARMONY KINGDOM PICTURESQUE TILE

NOAH'S PARK By ANNE RICHMOND

Collection Name: PICTURESQUE

NOAH'S PARK
Made in: England
Released: 3/1/1999 Retirement: 1/1/2003
Carving date: 1998

Dimensions (Inches): 4 x .25 x 4

Edition Size: 7260

S e c r e t s

This tile figurine concentrates on the sculptural possibilities of the Blue Whale. Notice "Big Blue" on the tail fin of the diving whale. This is a reference to the first redemption piece created by Harmony Kingdom for its Royal Watch club members. The chap in the dinghy is Ishmael from "Moby Dick." However, his aim is not what it should be and he's punctured the dinghy with his harpoon.

Name: WHALE WATCH

Artist: Ann Richmond 
Item No: PXNA2
Collection Name: Picturesque
Subset Name: Noah's Park
Made In: China 
Status: Retired 
Carving Date: 1998

Picturesque is a collection of Marble Resin Tile figurines by Harmony Kingdom. 

Each tile is Exquisitely detailed and reveals the with and irony for which harmony kingdom has become known.

Ann Richmond carved the first series in the Picturesque™ Collection, "Noah's Park," and Peter lent his hand to the centerpiece tile, "The Lost Ark." The series took a full year to finish. "It is a ravishing visual image full of humor and the typically enigmatic Harmony Kingdom detail," says Martin. Inspired by the result, Ann created a second series, "Byron's Secret Garden."

Both series premiered in March 1999 at the International Coverings Show in Orlando Florida. "Noah's Park" was first introduced to collectors the following week at the first stop on the "Picturesque Tour" and "Byron's Secret Garden" at the Long Beach Collectibles Exposition in April. In September 1999, preproduction tile figurines of "Wimberley Tales," the third series in the Picturesque Collection, were premiered at the final two Picturesque events in the U.S. Carved by Mark Ricketts, this spectacular pastiche of a medieval deep relief carving portrays the fictional town of Wimberley, named after Wimberley Mills