Figural Sculpture

This is what I have been doing in the figural sculpture class at the Torpedo Factory. Its about a foot and a half tall, and I've spent about 9 hours on it so far. New model and new pose next week. I learned a lot in making this-- the class has been a great experience for far.

The silicon was fully cured when I checked it yesterday, so I actually did the resin pour. I'll post pics when its solidified.

Practice Casting

I did the second silicon pour today. Now I just have to let it cure, and then I can do the resin! Very exciting.

If its hard to tell what the pink thing is on the left- its half of the silicon mold with a make-shift investment that I made from two Seltzer bottles.
The thing on the right, of course, is the wax piece that I am going to cast.

Update

This isn't actually a new piece, its the "Wax Face" from Jan. 10th, updated to look like my face.
The practice resin casting is moving along- the first silicon pour should be fully cured by now, and hopefully I'll do the next pour tomorrow.
My figure sculpting class is going really well. I'm learning a lot. One more class with the current model and pose, so hopefully I'll remember to bring a camera and take some pictures.

-Jannuary 25th update: I wasn't able to do the silicon pour yesterday. Unsurprisingly, there was another small setback. I should have everything ready to be poured in a few days. After that, it will be time for the resin pour!

Disposable Torso

I had my first figure sculpture class on Saturday-- I really enjoyed it. This piece isn't from the class, but I realized how nice it is to work from a live model. I made this in a couple of hours today.
Only frontal pictures for now because I only have one mirror, and I can't see my back too well.
I need to get myself a photographer. I swear this stuff looks better in real life.

Rising from the Clay

Anyone remember when I used to post every day?
I accidentally left this guy to dry before I was really done, but I could have worked more if I had wanted. I feel that I have a long way before my figures are accurate, but I also feel that they are improving, and that is really exciting. The figure sculpting class at the Torpedo Factory is starting soon.

I'm also experimenting with resin casting in a silicon mold right now. I'll post pics when the test piece is done.

Wax Face

Sculpture can be frustrating for me sometimes. With most of my pieces, I get to a point at which I can't seem to make them better, and yet I can see how they should be better then they are. This head is a good example.

Guest Appearance

This video is of an LED cube created and programmed by my friend Chris Skahan. He doesn't have a blog yet, but I've been telling him to get one, and when he does I will have a link to it. Chris could give a better explanation of it than me, but basically he has a detachable chip that he can program to light up the LEDs to make these patterns. In other words-- magic. Although he is an electrical engineer, this is definitely a sculpture in its own way.