I am appyling hair texture to the Grizzly Bear stone sculpture . As I apply a finish to a sculpture, it helps me to see areas that are still high. The mother's left side is high, and I am shaving it down with a diamond wheel on a 4" grinder.
Here, I am working on the mother bear's left side - I have shaved off the area that was too high on her hip and leg and am working around towards the cub. The shoulder area is heavy, I have crayoned in the area that needs to be removed.
Meanwhile, Don was involved with 'crating and freighting' the molds for the Terre Haute commission. The first step, which involved my help, was duct taping the molds together.
Don built the crate, using a standard pallet as the base. He uses 2x4 braces with a 3/4" plywood skin. He is installing a deck mid-way up the box, so that the molds aren't lying on top of each other.
He gathered a pick-up load of carpet padding scraps from Fashion Floors of Brandenburg, and wrapped up the plaster and rubber molds. It's a long, bumpy ride to Art Castings in Loveland, Colorado.
Last night, we received the freight truck from R&L Trucking. The loaded crate is on our crane truck - rigged up and ready to go.
It was a happy moment to see the crate of molds, safely loaded and on their way to the foundry.
Yellowbank Creek wraps around our home property, and as I walked the banks, I spotted this carp feeding up in the shallows.
As soon as he saw me...SPLASH!!!...and he (or was it a she) was gone.
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