Figural Update

Ecorche- I cut down what I had down with this guy, and baked him. I'll start adding the muscles on after I get my new studio set up.

Walking Female- I bake her, and got a few cracks. I filled them in with sculpey and added some addition hair. It was too fragile to add hair like this before.

Mother and Child- I think that I have done what I can with this piece. I will set up a casting situation in the new studio as soon as I'm able.

Just Some Sketches

Its been a slow month for posting I think. Photoshop crashes when I open it for some reason, and some projects are on hold as I pack things up in anticipation of moving to an apartment next week. I'm pretty excited about setting up a new studio. I'll do another post on the progress of my three figural pieces before the end of the month.

Our Bodies are Beautiful

Lots of small changes since I posted her last. I raised her hip on her right side, shortened her right arm, raised her cheekbones, finished her hands, raised her belly button, and re-formed her stomach and neck, among other things. Also, I gave her a title- "Our Bodies are Beautiful." I'll be baking her soon, and working on a base. I'll give some insight on the symbolism etc. when I post the final thing, I think.

Fireside Manifesto #5

Friends,

In many ways, sculpture is an individual activity. But everything in life is more meaningful when its shared, and it is one of my goals to share my work with more people. In sharing my work, I would like to not only make beautiful things, but also have them communicate something important. I would like for people to feel some sort of connection to my artwork, and to take something away from it. The best way that I can think to do this is to tell a short story with each piece that communicates something positive; something that I think will help people.

Écorché and Friends

 In case no-one had noticed, I like making figures. I have a lot of projects going on right now, but the newest is this attempt at making an écorché. An écorché is a study of the body with the skin removed. I've wanted to make one for a long, long time.

Unfortunately, I'm facing an unpleasant decision. I've spent at least 20 hours making him look the way he does, not even including building the base and armature. However, the looseness of the clay and the method of construction are not really right for this type of project. What I should really do now is cut off about 1/8th inch of clay from the whole thing, bake it, and then add the muscles back on. Its never fun to waste so much time and effort. All I can think of to motivate me is that they say you are never really qualified to do something until you have already done it.