tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54839135984062535662024-03-05T23:20:45.305-05:00Rock Paper Scissors N ClayIf it isn't an ordeal, it isn't fun....Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-12656432307379004292015-12-09T10:35:00.002-05:002015-12-09T10:35:56.147-05:00The American Lion sculpture is loaded and takes a trip on the Alaskan Highway.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rigger with Padgett Crane service readies the straps to move the Lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lion will be lying down for the trip, yes I know I could have used a pun about "lion down", but I won't...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crane operator checks how the sculpture is rigged to be sure it can be turned on it's side safely...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After lots of adjusting, over it goes...I can't watch....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy has lived under the stone for months... now he's trying to figure out - what happened? I of course caught him and put him under another rock so nothing would happen to him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mercer Transportation was selected to move the Lion - they moved my work to Orlando Florida as well so they have delivered works for me to the northern and southern extremes of the country, pretty cool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up goes the Lion...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over to the truck..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sky gazing cat...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vibrant yellow straps set off the sculpture - wish it could ride this way but as it is going thousands of miles and the last are fairly rough....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lion gets a protective tarp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 days later, just north of Anchorage Alaska we go to see the sculpture. Is it all right? Did it make the trip safely? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes! The sculpture made the trip safely - the strap slipped but was checked by the driver and retightened to the new position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the tarp is put away, tomorrow the Lion will be set in it's new home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The truck arrives at the UAA campus....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Crane sets up at the site, ready to go......</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-42883115810596222172015-11-18T21:39:00.001-05:002015-11-18T21:39:11.140-05:00I'm finally back to posting, here is what I did for the Yew Dell sculpture show...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have had an idea about doing a predator and prey sculpture for some time, years in fact. In the right block would be a big cat, in the left block a hooved animal evading capture. The sculptures would be emerging with stone supporting the more fragile areas - legs, tail, etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my original model for the sculpture - it is a cheetah - the front leg fell off the model, but I know generally where it is. I use the model to start the profile of the big cat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I begin by cutting the profile then carving around the head.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the head comes the front leg and paw.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I determine the other front leg of the cat roughly (just barely carving into the stone) being careful to stay off the final form of the leg until I am sure of what I want. I hold a wax model of the fleeing deer (this is called sight sizing) against the stone to see how it will fit. This sculpture was originally going to be a cheetah and gazelle as there are so many videos of cheetahs pursuing prey, but I reconsidered mid carve and changed it to a cougar and young deer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The deer is partially carved, I start by cutting down to the profile then working out where everything (legs, tail, etc.) is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Leda and the swan another sculpture for the Yew Dell show. I started this piece with a sketch directly on the stone. Leda looks down at the swan (Zeus in disguise) her hair cascades down at her side and splits across the swans back. This alludes to their union which results in the twins Helen and Polydeuces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First I cut the lines in with a four inch angle grinder...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also use the grinder to shape the form...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I work from the top down beginning the neck of the swan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A die grinder is used to define clothing and the profile of the face. These photos are from a partial time lapse on youtube -<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Z2WyF6w6k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Z2WyF6w6k</a><br />
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I also have some real time videos of predator and prey on youtube here -<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=possmom8">https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=possmom8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KYANA Geological Society will have its annual show this weekend - the photo above shows a small sample of the crystal samples that will be for sale. Also fossils and hand made jewelry will be available. The show is at Camp Crestwood, 7206 Clore Lane, Crestwood, KY<br />
Here is a link with more info -<br />
<a href="http://kyanageo.org/showflier.htm">http://kyanageo.org/showflier.htm</a></td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-69030584770936967152015-05-03T20:52:00.000-04:002015-05-03T20:52:00.141-04:00Finishing the Lion and nature pics<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am coming to the finish on the Lion. I have gone over the stone around the Lion smoothing out the tool marks from the grinder. I don't plan to sand those areas I want that to have a bit rougher surface. On the Lion I have been going over the entire cat refining areas, cleaning up rough spots, etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided I didn't quite like the hip area and have re-carved that area, the tail had a couple of areas I wasn't happy with and I worked that out as well. Now I just have to sand out and refine what I have done.<br />
At the beginning of a sculpture you cut a lot and look, at the finish you look a lot and then carve. I look at it as the sun goes across it seeing if there are weak areas I need to address.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have been smoothing out the grinder marks on the ledge over the Lions head - there is still more to go, though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain water was running down the back of the stone as I intended but it was also running around the side. I have cut slots in the stone to direct the water away from the Lion. The dust from the top of the sculpture runs down with the rain and helps me to judge how this drainage design is working. It seems to be working pretty well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have cut in the eyes and teeth though a little refinement on the canines is still needed. I'm really happy with how it looks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are balls of dust formed by the wind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty deer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a lot of rain this spring, I photographed this after a downpour, the white is stone dust.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset in Yellowbank.</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-55687064663853759312015-04-19T20:08:00.001-04:002015-04-19T20:08:02.573-04:00Cutting the bottom of marble block, the second stone of Predator and Prey, finish work on the American Lion and Nature photos<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After splitting off a section of stone from the bottom of this piece, I cut the bottom flat with an angle grinder. I use a hammer to tap off sections as I go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost there, just a little bit at the corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other stone for the Predator and Prey sculpture is moved in. There will be a young deer leaping away, I'm working on the model for it. Nothing to see yet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use a diamond burr on the die grinder to cut in the small lower teeth of the American Lion. The burr flares out at the end which is better for cutting in between teeth. I can't get to close to the lips - it will cut a "v" into the lip. I will use a diamond point where the teeth and lips meet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The burr I used for the teeth I also use around the eye.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I need to soften the lips - lots of edges there that don't belong on a lion - also need to refine and finish the nose.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The canine teeth are too wide and need to come to more of a point....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am making a way for rainwater to drain from the top of the piece but not run around the side to the front leg of the Lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have sloped the top toward the center of the block and toward the back so rainwater won't run over the carved area of the sculpture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is tiny snapping turtle that was out in the road, so I crossed it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants on a potato chip.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evening sun on trees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more evening sun...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue eyed Mary wildflowers blooming in Yellowbank WMA. Here is a video of them -<br />
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-10113817731370138202015-04-07T19:10:00.001-04:002015-04-07T19:10:43.481-04:00"Tweaking" the Lions face, a finished Vet sculpture,more kid work, split marble and which side is real and which is the reflection?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were symmetry problems with the lions eyes - the one on the right side (lions left) was too wide so I marked in crayon where it needed to come in, also the brow needed some stone removed as well. I marked all these in black china marker. A small arrow shows where the ridge running up the middle of the nose should be - the ridge line is what I measured off of and it was off center. Also, the area between the inside of the eye and brow of the problem eye is not as deep as the other eye.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have worked on the eye and gotten it pretty close to where it needs to be. I will go on to work on other areas before I finish the details of the eye.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have carved out behind the canine (feline?) tooth with a die grinder. I check my photo reference of tigers and lions snarling and I realize upper lip just over the teeth is too full and needs to be carved back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have also added some furriness just in front of the ears, this is more in keeping with a tiger than a lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After I was sure the eyes were just right I could then begin to establish exactly where the teeth are, while the eyes are easy to move around (you can always set them a bit further back) once you have cut around a tooth, that's it, there no way to change it. I have crayoned the individual teeth but will be looking at reference and looking at the sculpture to be sure how to cut in those big teeth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A little refining of the front leg with a sander...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The face is better, probably a bit more off the lower part of the upper lip... At this stage of the sculpture I spend much more time looking than carving.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a portrait sculpture for a local veterinarian. He is looking at a puppy while it's anxious but trusting mother watches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is kind of horrible looking, it is the hand of the Kid I have been working on (it is in Castilene and will be cast in bronze). The left forearm was too long so I cut it off and stuck the hand back on by warming some more Castilene.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids face was also too wide on this side - I have taken the ear off and will take off about 1/8" of clay - if you look closely there is a tiny little line..... also I use a 3m 180 sanding sponge to smooth the face on the right side of the photo nearest the light. I used a heat gun to warm the clay and then warm the sponge. I will post better photos later.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I drilled and split a piece of marble I will carve into a sculpture of a little girl. I first drilled holes with a bulldog drill (3/8" bit) then I used the hammer drill with a 3/4" bit then a 1" bit for the large holes. The reason I stepped up so many times is that the hammer drill doesn't have a clutch and if it binds in the hole at all it can twist out of your hands and whack you in the arms. By slowly enlarging the holes in steps it didn't bind much at all - no bruises!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stone broke fairly clean, it ran out a bit it went the best direction away from the sculpture. I lost a bit of stone from the section I removed but there is enough there for some small sculpture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a photo of the flood waters around a farm house , but the photo is turned on its side - can you tell which is the reflection?</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-47897840930942044512015-03-18T22:55:00.000-04:002015-03-18T22:55:31.905-04:00tweaking the lion, more conversation girl, the dancer and lots of rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have marked in crayon the areas that need additional definition. The foot is too flat, I will use a pistol grip sander to take down the stone along the outside and inside, working the sander on edge this will give me a smooth, rounded depression on the outside and inside of the foot and the definition I want.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have worked the shoulder and leg defining the area around the joint of the leg. I used a grinder to define the shoulder muscle then went back with a pistol grip sander to soften and smooth out the marks left by the grinder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have worked out the front foot of the lion and am cutting back some places on the rear leg of the lion I felt were too full.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I realized the lions left eye was just a bit too wide so..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I crayoned in the areas I felt needed work, but just to be sure, I put the photo in adobe photoshop to check changes I need to make, the eye is moved over a little bit, ear trimmed, muzzle thinned a bit, I just realized I didn't clone out the ruff, ah well....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have been working on Conversation cutting down the hair and the arm...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There has been a lot of rain lately, this is what happens when you cut wet stone, the dust clumps all over it...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I check this water clay piece periodically to make sure he is drying okay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There has been a lot of rain, which combined with the melting snow has meant flooding. This is a view of the lower field in front of the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a house just down the road - that's the Ohio river behind the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The snow and cold have kept me inside so I have kept busy with this water clay of dancer Sergei Polonin. I have also been fascinated by dance and as there are lots of photos and videos online, I thought I'd try my hand at a portrait. I am going to do a series of small bronze dancers and I will use this as reference for some of the work.<br />
The head and chest were made hollow to begin with, a wood dowel runs the height of the piece to stabilize the head. After I added hair I realized it was adding a lot of weight and could be an issue so I split open the head and removed the excess clay, filling the void with damp paper towels. In this photo I have added arms which are supported by pieces of clay and wooden clay tools.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I rearrange the supports as I work using an upside down cup which offered more stability. I have a second prop under the hand. I scooped out the clay from the arms by using a wire tool to slice off the tops of the arms stuffed in damp paper towels then put the slices back with slurry and worked strips of clay where the cuts were made.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that the arms are lighter and the clay has begun to dry a little and stiffen up I can remove the supports. The supports left deep marks under the arms which I filled with slurry and clay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is almost finished, just a couple of bit of finishing to go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My maquette for Earth Dreamer has been drying ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty soon I will be able to get back to the Lion. There are a few areas I want to refine and his teeth need to be defined...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was another snowfall followed by temperatures near zero.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The road was plowed but not much more than one lane.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tree in the lower field casts its shadow on the snow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icicles on the house seem to cage the birds which come to eat the seed I put in the front yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit of mud trapped in ice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice in the bark of a tree</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally the snow is melting and temperatures are getting more spring-like.</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-64247140234309390422015-03-03T10:23:00.003-05:002015-03-03T10:23:35.402-05:00It's still cold, so.....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have had a bit of snow and cold lately with more on the way according to the weather forecast. This is the predator from Predator and Prey peeking out from the snow. No carving outside when there is this much snow on the ground!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice has run down the back of the Lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few icicles but for the most part the lion is not taking weather, except....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is some precipitation running down the side of the sculpture. I have not beveled the top enough in to keep rain flowing to the back and away from carved areas. I need to move the scaffolding back to this side and recut, I haven't been able to remove enough stone by working on top, I need to work from the side so I can better judge how much stone to remove and the angle of the cut.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As I can't work outside I have been working inside on "The Kid" (that's a working title). I bought shoes so I can more accurately represent The Kids footware.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I make the shoes a little big and carve back the forms. I am also doing laces instead of Velcro fasteners.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tip The Kid back to work on the underside of the face, neck, arms, etc. Amazing how much work I discovered!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I enjoyed making my last clay models so much I decided on another as I am a bit snowbound in the house. I discovered a video on youtube of Sergei Polunin dancing to "Take me to church" by Hozier. I have also been fascinated by dance and gymnasts and so decided to try my hand on this portrait of the dancer. It starts out fairly horrible, I have constructed it in a similar manner to the Earth Dreamer, the head and chest are hollow, filled with damp paper towels, with a wood dowel that runs from the board to the top of the head for stability. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better though still fairly horrible. I am working with reference from the internet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I move the piece from the computer to the front room and work from memory. For some reason I do better (sometimes) working from memory.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I add an arm...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another arm. Both arms need a lot of work. I am using clay as a prop under the left upper arm and a wooden clay working tool and clay as a prop for the upper arm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With these wintery conditions, I seem to spend half my time feeding birds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sunflower seed fell into melting ice and refroze. This is on a partially finished pink marble sculpture.</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-51389975259395279572015-02-22T11:55:00.000-05:002015-02-22T11:55:18.747-05:00While the weather is cold...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the weather is cold and there is snow on the ground - I decide to work up some models for small sculptures. A couple of the pieces are designed to fit in existing stone which are sections cut from larger stones.<br />
The first sculpture is entitled "Uneasy Dreams" which will be carved from the stone above. It will be placed on a somewhat smaller, angled block, the figure will be hanging over the edge of the lower block hence the "uneasy" quality. The inspiration for the piece are the stones themselves, I was looking for a way to make use of this scrap stone and concept came to me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rough sketch of the sculpture...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick water clay sketch of the figure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This scrap of stone is to be "Earth Dreams". I know, all this dreaming, don't ask me, I'm doing what is in my head. This will be an earthwork piece though I envision her in the middle of a mound though that may change.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the rough sketch of the sculpture intended.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am doing water clay for this model as well. The head and chest are built up clay around a wad of damp paper towels. I have a wooden dowel that will offer support to the head and keep it from falling over.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">features are added..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and refined.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one arm is added...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then the other...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then she lies down..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then she gets her hair. More refinement to do though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While I haven't shown a photo of the stone, I also would like to do a little tiger cub in the Sylacauga Marble. It is white with black striped marbling, should be interesting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lights reflected in double pane glass.</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-16882578626984695662015-02-19T15:33:00.000-05:002015-02-19T15:34:40.405-05:00Carving Conversation's legs and Starting Predator and Prey<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This rock will become the legs of the piece I have been working on entitled "Conversation"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I moved the stone in with my crane truck, setting the stone upright . The toes are overlapping for additional thickness and strength. This view is looking down at the top of the stone. I don't have much wiggle room, the feet will barely fit in this stone but it was the closest in terms of length, width and depth to what I need.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I draw on the profile of the legs. Though the legs will lie horizontally, it is easier to do the bulk of the carving with the legs upright. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am leaving the large corner until the rest of the sculpture is carved. The weight will stabilize the stone. When I have partially carved the legs I will move it into relation to the head and shoulders of "Conversation" and finish the carving there. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While working on the American Lion I looked at a lot of reference material, photos, videos, etc. As a result I became interested in working on a concept I had a few years ago. In the two blocks above there are drawings on the stone. On the left block there is a drawing of a gazelle, on the right, a cheetah. The working title is "Predator and Prey" or "The Miss" as the cheetah has just missed the gazelle as it zooms off in the other stone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cat will be right at the face of the stone. I begin by carving the profile of the head. This is how I began carving stone back in 1991. I started at the nose and worked my way back into at stone. I have made a very shallowly cut line for the body. If I haven't made the body long enough (I hadn't) I can recut a longer body line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I establish the profile of the right front leg - I have also added length to the body.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut wide on either side of the leg to give myself wiggle room. The paw is pretty much firmly placed at the end of the block.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I concentrate work on the head of the cat. At this point it starts to look more like a cougar than a cheetah so I listen to the stone - cougar it is, chasing a deer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Establishing and detailing the head first helps me to find the rest of the cat - head leads to neck, neck to shoulder, etc. I am documenting the progress with videos -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back of the American Lion sculpture. The streaking is from rain washing the dust from the top of the stone. I have angled the top of the piece so that it slopes toward the back so that rain will run toward the back and away from the carved area in the front and side. Unfortunately the rain is clinging to the stone and running around to the side of the sculpture and going down the Lion's leg. I need to cut the stone so that the rain is channeled away from the side of the sculpture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have marked in black crayon the area I need to cut to direct the rain toward the center of the block. I will then make a deep cut down past the carved area of the sculpture so that the rain will be diverted from the Lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the top of the stone. I am going to slope this toward the center of the stone so that rain will run off the back away from carved areas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm cutting stone from the top of the lion while standing on a ladder. Here is a video -</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seems like a long way down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The small angle-grinder was not long for this world (transmission gave up the ghost) so I switched to the large angle-grinder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of Conversation from above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I beveled the edge of the far side of the sculpture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain has dripped from the ledge overhead, the work I am doing on the top will eliminate the dripping in rain ( or at least most of it).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working on Conversation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo-morph of Conversation with plants and representation of stone legs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A model for a marble sculpture working title -"Little Girl".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rough outline is marked on the stone and sections removed via angle grinder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me cutting the marble girl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frost crystals on a plant by the creek.</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-76350356022962239342015-01-18T21:22:00.000-05:002015-01-18T21:22:13.614-05:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back of the Lion sculpture. The left side as been beveled, I plan to also bevel the right side as well as increasing the angle on the top of the stone so that more rainwater runs off the back of the piece rather than the front and sides. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain is running down the side of the piece and along the leg (which I don't want)/ The dark area around the Lion's elbow is where rain has run down the sculpture and has frozen there. By diverting more rainwater to the back of the piece I hope to eliminate much rain coming down in this area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I need to define the inside of the foot and deepen the shadow between the leg and body.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ears and muzzle need more refinement.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo shows how the deep cut I made around the Lion to separate it from the ledge above also diverts rain water around the sculpture. The streaking on the ledge was caused by rain washing off the dust from the top of the stone. Before I made the cut around the lion rain would leave streaks across the body of the Lion. Not anymore. Pretty neat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just got a casting of "Flight" back from Art Castings Foundry in Loveland Colorado. I plan on doing a 12 foot tall version some day. This will be your view as you walk up to it.</td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-23166368269339962992015-01-04T20:53:00.002-05:002015-01-04T20:53:44.950-05:00A break from the Lion, mentally and physically<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The American Lion will not be going to Alaska until later this year so I decided to take a break from it mentally as well as physically. I like to take a mental break from a sculpture(if I can) so I can come back to it with "fresh eyes". Then any mistake really jumps out at me. I use a mirror a lot while working to get a fresh view of a piece I'm working on, but time and especially turning your mind to something else entirely helps a lot. This photo of me was taken with a Trail camera - more about that at the end of the post....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To mentally clear my palate I decided to go into a figurative piece I started working on a few years ago. The pieces name is Conversation. This is the upper 1/3 of a young woman lying on the ground. Plants will make up her midsection and there will be stone legs from the knee to feet.<br />
At this point she is fairly clunky and everything is heavy, face, arms, hair, hands.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are many things wrong with the piece, mistakes I have made along the way that I will now be correcting. The main problem is that the face is too far out from the hairline. In the photos below I am refining forms and trying to reduce the heaviness of the face.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have gotten the forehead back but the brows are now too prominent. I have started to define the shoulders and hands.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have taken the brows back but the lips are way too full and the chin is a bit heavy. The face still needs a lot of refining though it is better than when I started out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a piece I have also been working on (mainly on rainy days) though I can't find the early photos showing the armature and early stages of adding clay. I might have accidently picked them up with other photos and put them in a folder. They'll turn up eventually.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The armature is galvanized pipe I bought from JBB which has an extensive selection of plumbing pipe and fittings. The pipe I used for this sculpture is fairly small (I believe it is 3/8") and they ordered it especially for me. The pipe runs through his back and goes out to each hip and each shoulder. A section of pipe runs halfway down each forearm and half way down each upper leg. I am using hard castilene over the pipe frame and it works wonderfully. It is as hard as wax and so there is no need for an armature in the lower arms and lower legs. I work the castilene with a heat gun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What is this little boy doing? You'll just have to wait and see....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another project I have been working on is a time lapse video of me working on the Lion. I have uploaded two sections (number 1 and 5 of 8) see them here -<br />
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-88477221149576705662014-12-09T21:17:00.000-05:002014-12-09T21:19:16.435-05:00The Lion nears completion.....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have refined the Lion and deeped shadows around the legs. I have also begun refining different muscle groups in the legs and body.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the forms are refined the Lion becomes less clunky and the forms of muscle and bone begin to emerge. Angle grinders and die grinders are used to create dark shadows. The shadows help visually separate the Lion from the surrounding stone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have not finished the teeth at this point, at this point I have stopped working on the sculpture so I can come back to it "fresh". I want to be sure I have the mouth right before I cut the teeth. Once I cut the teeth in, that's it, I can't make any changes. The Lion won't be going up to Alaska until next summer so I have time...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think that I want more dark shadows around the tail and front legs to help those areas to "pop" visually.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what the Lion looks like after a rain - the top and bottom are dark and wet, the lion itself is dryI am glad to have the time to live with this sculpture to see what happens when it rains. I wanted to do an emerging lion so that the carved features would be protected by the overhanging rock. I have cut the top of the block so that it angles to the back of the stone away from the lion but I need to make a steeper cut as well as angle it toward the center as the water is running down the sides and with time this will prove unsightly. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have taken a mental vacation by working on another sculpture called "The Conversation" . Hopefully this will cleanse my visual palate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair of Mennonite girls run through a light rain to the store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A drive through the colors of Autumn - obviously taken a while back...</td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-69493585059217682332014-10-13T10:28:00.001-04:002014-10-19T19:59:40.950-04:00Refining the Lion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crayon marks show the areas I need to remove or define. The marks are for the view from the front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How these marks look from each side the lions right...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lions left. I need to drop the eyes further back but I will establish the eyes from the front first.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lion roughed in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I want to angle the paw outward and make a note to myself on the stone. This will entail not only angling out the lower leg, I will have to move the knee out as well by removing stone from inside the leg.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I begin defining areas while I am still a bit high and off the form of the final sculpture. That way I can see if I like the way it looks before I commit to it. By carving one area (head, leg, etc.) only partially then moving on to another area I can come back to the first with "fresh eyes" and be able to correct mistakes and make a better piece (hopefully).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the top of the rock I have made a cut where I will angle the stone back so that rain water will drain to the back of the stone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back view of the sculpture after I have cut down the top of the stone and beveled the top on both the side and back. I will then cut down the other side of the sculpture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a view of the top of the back of the sculpture. I need to steepen the slope and bevel the edges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Denny Crum competing in a fly casting competition at Cabela's Sporting Goods in Louisville KY. The local chapter of the Trout Unlimited hosted the competition. There are 5 hoops in the parking lot which you have to aim for, you have to cast to each one twice. I was in the competition myself, though I have fished for years it had been a while since I have cast a lure so I was way off the targets...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a multicolored window covering as seen through a metal architects rule (triangular ruler).</td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-79535196636908490612014-09-12T22:58:00.001-04:002014-09-12T22:58:06.142-04:00The lion transforms
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yikes! Looks kind of horrible at this stage - everything is too big, though I have begun blocking in the basic planes of the face. I began carving stone by the direct method - no model. I always left lots of room around the form just in case. As a result my sculptures always go through ugly duckly phases.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am defining the neck and should as well as removing stone surrounding the lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By using a Roloc air sander with a 2"disc (36 grit) and die grinders for the eyes, nose etc. I begin to make the face more presentable. At this point I am using the model any more but I have gone back to photographic reference from picture books I have had for years - Big Cats of the World, African Wildlife, etc. <br />
The American Lion was incredibly large and was in some ways like the Siberian Tiger so I have decided to split the difference and give the big cat a Lion face with a Tiger ruff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot of stone still needs to be removed over the Lions head...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking off sections of stone meant pieces falling onto the head of the lion and possibly dinging something. I put a lot of carpet sections across the head to protect it. And there was an added bonus - it was really tiring to reach over my head with a ginder to cut off the stone, the carpet made a comfortable place to put my elblow as I cut.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The face is far ahead of the rest of the sculpture but it needs a great deal of the refinement. The paws and body are just formed and still need a lot of work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left side of the muzzle and cheek are too far forward. I have crayoned onto the muzzle ( a bit too much actually) but I will cut the muzzle down slowly with several passes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The underside of the head was far too low and needs to be removed. This is marked in crayon. The marks on the leg show where the muscle is and where the leg bone is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crayon marks the leg bone and toes to be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I make fairly hard cuts defining the leg muscles of the lion and are a bit exaggerated. I make them a bit too much as I will be coming back with a pistol grip sander which will smooth out the form. If the form was really close to right the sander would be too aggressive and I would lose the form I'm after.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A line down the middle of the face helps me to keep the face symmetrical. I am just beginning to form the shoulders and paws.</td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-25339987923665387042014-08-15T16:50:00.001-04:002014-08-15T16:51:10.276-04:00American Lion continues<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the rear end of the lion, it's well padded at this point.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front view of the leg as well as being a little on the plump side, there is practically no definition of the muscles of the leg. I crayon in the bony area of the leg first, I'll move on to the muscles later.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am finishing the lion from the nose backward. Everything in the body is too big - I always cut wide of the mark. At this point I can push thing around a little bit - the form can be a bit higher or lower (by a couple inches or so). By establishing the head first I have a starting point for finding the rest of the body. I absolutely hate taking measurements from the model and finding them on the sculpture. I much prefer to go by eye. About this time I go back to the photographic reference I used to make the model. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I define the left foreleg of the big cat. I have actually moved it out, more in front than I had in the model - The more I lived with the model the more I felt that the left paw was too far under the lion and gave the lion a sense of being out of balance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I draw the features of the lions face, I also begin forming the right foot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After I mark the lines of the face I still cut wide - the chin is super wide, looks like she's smiling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lines are muscles the cross hatched areas are too high and need to be cut down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not only is the chin wide it is also too big over all.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more refinement of forms - I am also removing stone from over the lions head. I am working over my head to do this and my arm gets worn out so I do as much as I can then go grind on a leg for a while.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more areas to be removed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lion is starting to come out..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The great thing about crayon is if I don't like it I can sand it off and try again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More refined but it's got a ways to go.....</td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-6373513602155263262014-07-27T17:51:00.000-04:002014-07-27T17:51:49.690-04:00Continuing the American Lion
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I basically blocked in the profile of the lion (though everything is on the large side, I always cut wide of the mark coming back later to refine the work. You can also see the shoulder is too high and needs to be cut down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After measuring the model I mark where the leg is with a crayon. I then cut the stone to be removed with a large angle grinder. The "lines" on the stone are the cut marks left by the grinder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have removed some stone around the legs but cut wide and do not finish the legs. I move to other areas that need to be refined such as the side of the head and neck. I color these areas in with a black timber crayon. The view for these areas vary - for the face and neck it is looking straight on at the face, the marking around the chest and foot is from side of the lion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use grinders to cut the left leg and paw in and create a lower ledge in the sculpture. I like using the grinders to form the stone as they leave a clean surface, making the form easier to "read".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I usually start defining a sculpture's head before the rest of the sculpture. This is how I started carving stone - I worked direct (no model) started at the nose and worked my way back into the stone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do continue to refine the rest of the body...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but the head remains the area I spend the most time on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the back corner before I have started forming the leg. A lot of stone had to be removed around the shoulder and leg first. A lot of it's on the ground. Wheelbarrow is waiting to cart the chunks away. That is my least favorite part of this job, but necessary. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The marks under the tail and over the foot show me what needs to be removed from this view. The markings on the shoulder and cheek are areas that need to be removed from the view looking directly at the lions face.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back leg area is really big- a lot needs to come off....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tail area has been the least considered, but I'll get to it...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a huge number of caterpillars on a Morning Glory vine.</td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-4615510543388613292014-07-16T14:11:00.002-04:002014-07-16T14:11:56.882-04:00The Yew Dell Sculpture Show- really late in posting this, only 2 more weeks to see the show....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sculpture I carved from Alabama Marble, is strapped to the knuckle-boom truck for the trip to Yew Dell Gardens for the 7th Annual Sculpture show. Her name in the show is "Lifting the Veil" but I have since renamed her for th Greek Goddess Nyx. She lifts her veil to look at the day and with it truth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike McCarthy unloads "Francis" an over life-size carved limestone head. There are numerous carved creatures to be discovered in his waving locks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music greeted guests at the opening. In the foreground is work of Bob Lockhart's students which has been carved from soapstone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This interesting piece in stoneware clay and limestone is entitled "Tri-Part" artist -Robert Pulley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These butterflies, which contrast wonderfully with their limestone bases and greenery behind are entitled "</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Waltz created this wonderful ceramic piece entitled "Expecting".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen Cunningham's "Wonky Doodle Dandy" sculpture created from limestone and steel makes a fun statement in the garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shohei Katayama's sculpture entitled "Proximity" is composed of many mirrored discs which revolve, providing an interesting effect.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two pieces compliment each other nicely. The vibrant, energetic colors of "I Jmpd in a Pil of Livs" by "Beverly Glasscock counterpoint the clean lines of "Morpher" by David Caudill.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ed Hamilton was the featured artist of this years show. This wonderfully expressive sculpture is entitled "Sailor" is from a Civil War monument dedicated to African Americans who served in the war.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair of bronze sculptures entitled "Heaven" and "Earth" by Bob Lockhart. The sun highlights the interesting folds- the pair is striking in the landscape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visitor to the gardens looks at "Phoenix" by Joel Pinkerton. The sculpture features an acrylic lens.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People gather at the opening next to Karen Terhune's playful cat sculpture. It is carved from limestone and entitled "The Kiss"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred Millers "Running Legs" (aluminum and steel) make a bold statement on the Yew Dell lawn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don Lawler's sculpture "Levitation" combines limestone and neon. The soft natural color of the stone is contrasted by the vibrant red. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my marble sculpture renamed "Nyx lifting the Veil".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a skylight amidst sedum in the green roof of Yew Dell's new Green House. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I take measurements from the model of the lion and mark the outline of the lion's head on the stone. This shows me where I can safely remove stone though I will cut wide of the mark.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sculpture looks really strange at this point, not at all like a lion, maybe some big bird. I am cutting the stone in somewhat thin slices for removal as I am having some trouble with carpal tunnel (I am wearing a wrist brace) and it is bothered by too much force from the hammer I use to knock off sections of stone. A thinner cut requires a lighter tap to remove.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I grind over the cuts I made into the stone so I can better "read" the sculpture. The outline of the Lion is there but it is very flat at this point. I will make measures from the model at well as sight-size to make sure of areas of stone that need to be removed. Sight-sizing is holding up the model so that the model and sculpture are the same size to the eye and then comparing where different parts of the sculpture are and to see where stone needs to be removed. A smaller model (12:1) helps in this as it is fairly easy to hold up, a 4:1 model can be difficult and cumbersome</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I begin to form the head of the lion, grinding off corners and beginning to cut the planes of the head. This is a technique I am most comfortable with as this is how I started carving stone - I would begin with the nose and work my way back into the stone. I didn't have a great deal of strength then and had just begun using power tools so it was the easiest and safest way to create a sculpture. It also takes the guesswork out of the carving - as you follow the form of the nose back everything else falls into place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have started to define the head (though it is on the large side am beginning to define the neck and shoulder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use a crayon to mark the area that needs to be removed to get back to the shoulder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have removed some of the stone from under the neck using a grinder then cut across it to get a clean surface. Lots of stone needs to be removed from over the Lions neck.. The markings on the face show areas I need to remove and planes I need to strengthen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have used grinders to remove stone from over the lions head. This is fairly difficult as I have to reach back into the stone as well work almost over my head - my arms get fatiqued quickly. <br />
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-72971175515421183582014-06-06T13:29:00.001-04:002014-06-06T13:29:10.351-04:00Beginning the blocking of the American Lion for University of Alaska Anchorage<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I begin the sculpture by taking stone from the middle section of the block. This is where the Lion will be located. I use a large angle grinder and make slices in the stone cutting across the face of the block. I am able to make a 3" deep cut with the diamond wheel, cutting the lower half of the block from ground level. I will use a bench to cut the upper sections. I am essentially slicing off sections of stone and while I can make a 3" deep cut, each slice needs to be no more than 2" as I will remove each slice by tapping it with an engineers hammer. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don has taken a picture of me on the bench making a cut in the stone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here I am after tapping off the slice of stone. I try to move the stone away from the base of the block - I try, but ultimately end up with huge piles of stone that need to be carted away.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are the piles of stone I was referring to. In this photo you can see I have begun to remove stone from the back of the block.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After several passes I am down to the outside dimensions of the Lion. I draw on a simple outline of where I can safely remove stone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the same slicing technique I remove area from under the tail of the big cat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using cross hatching and notes, I lay out areas that need to be removed and others that need to stay. I stay well clear of vital areas - the foot and head - in case I need to make adjustments later. This is a hold over from the days I used to carve direct into a stone (some of which was not the greatest quality) and would encounter a crystal pocket in the stone which would necessitate moving an entire section elsewhere (usually back into the stone.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For removing areas under the chin I change directions, cutting into the block with the grinder. I am also making the cuts very narrow so that the areas will break more cleanly. I place a chisel between these cuts and tap them apart with my hammer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I repeat the cutting technique descibed above in the area above the head and across the body of the cat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back leg (on left) and head are beginning to take shape. Well, I can see it if no one else can.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a sculpture I am finishing up for this year's Yew Dell Sculpture show in Crestwood, KY. She is entitled "Lifting the Veil" and is carved from Sylacauga Alabama Marble. </td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-72528174699507369152014-05-08T20:58:00.001-04:002014-05-08T21:14:26.930-04:00Limestone Block for the American Lion comes to the studio<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">I purchased the block for the American Lion from Indiana Limestone company. Here it is - all 40,000 lbs of it- on a Stonebelt Freightlines truck which is out of Bloomington, Indiana.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At 40,000 lbs. this stone is a full load for this truck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crane operator and rigger from Padgett Cranes of New Albany, IN set up the block of the crane with a four part line. These are metal cables and the set up - 2 part line, 4 part line will vary according to the what is being lifted and how much it weighs. This is a seventy ton crane which is pretty big, but that is a big rock. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is looking up through the jib of the crane which is a way to extend it's reach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stone has been rigged up and is ready to be lifted. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stone then needs to be stood up on end. A clevis is used to connect the nylon slings to wire cables which will give a lot more length.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and so the carving begins. To watch this video follow this link<br />
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-26083500705440330552014-05-01T23:21:00.000-04:002014-05-01T23:21:20.863-04:00Lake Eola memories and a new project far north of Florida..<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stroll around Lake Eola affords many views of the Orlando skyline as well as lots of wildlife, such as this black swan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe this striking bird is a anhinga or snake bird. A diving bird, it pursues its prey underwater, but its wings become waterlogged and it is unable to fly. It strikes this characteristic pose in order to dry it's wings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A squirrel has found a snack is heady home with its treasure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Live Oaks surround Lake Eola. They're my favorite tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is John Perrone and his wife Mary. John is the manager at Lake Eola. He was great to work with and made the job go much easier. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Petty and Lula Marshall also work at Lake Eola and I got to know them pretty well - I was there for days carving on the Muse and helping with the earthwork and plantings. They were a lot of fun and a big help. I got to know a number of people while I was at Lake Eola and everyone was really nice. I have a special feeling for Lake Eola and everyone I met there. It was like no other experience I've ever had.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I worked on the Muse for days and became acquainted with many locals who frequented the park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a model of my next commission. It is an American Lion which existed during the ice age - it was the largest cat that ever lived. The sculpture wll be carved from a block of limestone measuring <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchorage Alaska, at the University of Alaska Anchorage. This is a photo of the site (the site is way over to the right side) was taken by the crane operator when he went out to look at where sculpture will be placed.</td></tr>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-28534769318128291252014-04-03T11:19:00.001-04:002014-04-03T11:19:29.627-04:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See Art Orlando is a collection of 8 sculpture commissions which were funded privately. Each sculpture had a donor who paid for its construction and installation. The sculptures were then donated to the city of Orlando. This bronze, way over life-size sculpture is entitled Right Feet Major and was created by Todji Kurtzman. It was sponsored by Keine/Quigley.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sculpture was created by Wendy Ross and is entitled Astrogenisis II. The top of sculpture is composed of tiny spirals which I am unable to capture on camera. You have to see it in person to appreciate it. It was sponsored by Davos Family Foundations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sculpture stands 30 tall and is illuminated at night which really transforms it. It was created by Jacob Harmeling and was sponsored by Khaled Akkawi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sculpture is entitled Centered and was created by C.J. Rench. A monumental work it overlooks Lake Eola and was sponsored by Universal Orlando Resort.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This giant work is created in lightweight aluminum and the various sections rotate in the wind. It was created by Rolfonso Gschwend and was sponsored by Harvey and Carol Massey family. It is entitled Union</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sculpture is called Global Convergence and was created by Deedee Morrison. The sponsor for this piece is Bright House Networks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A detail of the work showing one of fish (an endangered local species). The sculpture is illuminated at night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sculpture is by Douwe Blumberg and is entitled Take Flight it was sponsored by Darden. See Art Orlando was very unusual in terms of public art. It was a tremendously ambitious project. Installing one sculpture with public funds can be daunting but what this project accomplished - securing funding, selecting work, organizing installations, etc. They are to be commended. <br />
Most of the work is located at Lake Eola, two other pieces are located nearby in downtown. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the sculptures were installed, there was the dedication. This is the setup at my piece, the Discovery Muse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sponsor for my sculpture was Wayne Densch Charities, Incorporated. I really appreciate their support on this project.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mayor of Orlando visited each piece during the dedication, and sat for photographs - this is my view of the phtographers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each night the fountain of Lake Eloa puts on a display of light to music. </td></tr>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04990683509544007030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483913598406253566.post-22886347447210404982014-03-17T17:19:00.000-04:002014-03-17T17:19:52.679-04:00The Muse gets her blanket of groundcover<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the groundcover which will act as a blanket for the Muse. It is Asiatic Jasmine. It has been grown in flats and will be installed like grass sod. I believe (I could be wrong) that these plants were grown in about 2 weeks. The plants are evergreen and will at some point, have tiny white flowers. Julie Iooss procurred the plants for the project at-<br />
Rode Groundcovers<br />
13050 West Highway 318<br />
Williston, Florida 32696<br />
1(800)448-4974<br />
<a href="mailto:info@rodegroundcover.com">info@rodegroundcover.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installation begins at the top of the Muse. The sections are pinned to the earth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a lot of work to put all the plants in place. Some people (I helped)carried the trays from the truck to the berm, others put them in place, staggering them like a course of bricks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Muse was very patient as her blanket was applied. I don't know if those pins hurt but she never said anything ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blanket is getting there, but not quite finished. We're waiting for another truckload of plants.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is discussion as to how far down to bring the Jasmine. The rest of the area will be grass sod.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie Iooss, Rondale Silcot and Rocky Lane prepare the back of the Muse for Jasmine groundcover.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The groundcover is almost finished, just a couple of places in the back....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grass sod was added around the Muse - the areas around the head and hands was kept in grass to make that area more inviting to people as the idea of the piece is to sit in her hand so she can whisper inspiration to you.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closeup of the Muse. The hands and side of her head appear darker because the sod and groundcover are irrigated regularly. Stone becomes a bit darker when wet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Muse with kids...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People strolling by looking the "Lady by the Lake" as someone called her.</td></tr>
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