Category: Sculpture

The fourth work in my Conversation series, which are small figure groupings, was initially called Shell Game.  But it was bothering me:  it just did not satisfy me.  Something was wrong, it was empty in the center, and I did not like it. Now it has a brand new title:   Conversation IV:  Sculpture Park. It…

Remember these two little clay men?  Finally they are reproduced in  (slightly) more durable materials. I have them both in RapidSet Mortar mix, and also one in epoxy resin, the other in a polyurethane resin.  All are still rather fragile, but much less squishy!

This is quick experiment with a hollow SculptaMold project, made by working over crumpled newspaper (later removed). I added rigid plastic under the delicate tail, then used this to close the opening underneath with a hinged flap.  So this mouse became a rather makeshift box, and a Christmas present for Fionna.

An Assembly of Parts

First full figure cast. The mold for this was made over a pieced together figure:  a head & torso in plaster from a previous “thick figure” cast, then carved/modified & joined to clay legs.  I used brush on latex, and a 4 part “Sculptamold” mother mold (took ages to dry, not a good choice of…