Hoagie Seated

I'm almost fin1ished with this 1/3 life sized sculpture of Hoagie and hope to fire it soon. Thanks, Chun for the photos!

Fun With Terra Sigillata

This seated female figure is hollowed out and ready to fire. Complete with two coats of terra sigillata. As my colleague Ken says, "it's like bathing it in slip" which will make the surface more fine grained and slightly glossy.

Seated Figure

I'm about 20 hours into a new sculpture of a seated figure. There is no wire armature, only bamboo skewers so it can be fired and glazed. It was a bit tricky sculpting the free hanging hand without support and I hope that it doesn't self destruct...  Thanks for the photos, Liz!

Making Progress

Many readers may know that I've been preparing for an exhibition and working on casting a backlog of sculptures for some time. Yesterday, I went to the foundry for the final touches and patina on a replacement  copy (#2 of a max 6 edition) of "Walking Warrior". More importantly, I dropped off the most recently completed clay sculpture tentatively titled "Morning". It was good to see her safely encased in silicone rubber and to know that she will not deteriorate.

Next up, I will need to touch up and cast "Katrina" and attempt to rehabilitate "Zack". Unfortunately, he needs new arms and hands, his lower legs should be re-sculpted and the body started to separate from the armature. I will try to get some photos in order to blog the restoration. Wish me luck - I'll need it!

It's Almost Complete...

 

Last week we had our last session with the model and once I finish the hands/feet and tidy the plinth it will be ready to cast!

Progress Report

Here are a few more photos of my work in progress. I'm hoping to complete it this month if all goes well.

Work in Progress

I'm about 9 hours into a new piece at the Gage Academy's reserved sculpting studio. Also had a lovely day at the foundry last week working on a new cast of "Walking Warrior" to replace the one that sold in March. Two Ravens Studio can now pour the metal in-house instead of outsourcing it to Portland which is nice since it allows us to be more sensitive about not disfiguring the work so much during that part of the process.