Getting inspired to develop porcelain cast forms these days. I’m pretty excited to try different sculptural shapes out. We’ll see where this goes. I’m still developing the figurative forms, but this is a nice break from the moody emotional works that are typical of my efforts.
Up at 4:30, in studio by 5, out by 7:30. Although it doesn’t look like I made much progress, I actually spent a lot on refining time, trying to get the forms perfected and really smooth out the final vessel. Since this will be the model for a mold, i want it to be perfect. […]
I think I should be able to work faster than this, but I believe this has taken about 3 hours so far. I should be finished this evening however, if I put two more hours in, the base form should be completed. I then plan to spray with a terra sigilatta to make the surface […]
Rorschach didn’t have a corner on subconscious ideas and illustrations. I sometimes see my next work in the oddest places. This morning in the showers soap dish remnants I saw my next series called “Captains” We’ll see how it plays out. I’m always curious as to how this actually will look. I was thinking WWII […]
I’m about 5 hours from competing this work. The goal is by friday to have this one completed. This is a unique diversion from my usual semi realized sculptural work. The idea is a more functional form that has an illustrated surface. All this in preparation for my application to the Piedmont Craftsmen in April. […]
My first experience with a slip ball and it came out nice. The effect is to represent something akin to the set design from “Queen of the Night” in Amadeus, but also references the concept of stars and pearls. The Queen of the Ways represents a symbolic work that is the tragic collision of industry […]
I wrote last time the the foot busted off of my near bone dry sculpture. I mixed up a batch of magic mud and then wrapped both parts in a web towel. When I came into the studo this morning the clays were perhaps too wet, but I decided to proceed. This is an experiment […]
I was pulling the legs off of the wooden armature that I used to support the construction, I had noticed that the drying and shrinking was causing the clay to stick hard on the armature. But in pulling it off, I busted the foot off of the sculpture. I believe I remember in TJ Erdahl’s […]
I love to wrestle with the problem. This is a physical activity where I gage my understanding of what something looks like against the realities of the figure. I think I may have crossed a bit of a line in setting this shoulder width. Even though the figure is clothed, this may be too broad […]
Almost forgot to vent these, I left them uncovered last night to dry, but thankfully this morning they were still wet enough to poke. Not certain about the finish here, and if the pedestand should be one piece. I guess it should be so I best cover again when I get home. Stopping by Granny’s […]
My first experience with a slip ball and it came out nice. The effect is to represent something akin to the set design from “Queen of the Night” in Amadeus, but also references the concept of stars and pearls. The Queen of the Ways represents a symbolic work that is the tragic collision of industry […]
I just crossed over that hump and am finally starting to get a flow around this development. Went out sketching on Sunday night at Cocoa Cinnamon cafe and finalize some of the details around this work. Still need to attach a head of course, and the detailing on this could take a week, but now that […]
Swimmer one of three completed this weekend. Started a new corset form and fired two bisque and 1 glaze. Will aim to complete another swimmer this weekend, and finalize a corset form. Working on researching in the background as well. Started a texture and color sample sheet and started reading my Slips book . May […]
