The last post was about setting up the enlarging machine. In video below it gets used for the first time to create the Styrofoam armature for the full size piece. The object is to create a big chunk of styrofoam that’s half an inch to one inch smaller than the finished clay. It’s not anContinue reading “The Figure #8: Enlarging the Armature”
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A Figure In Stone #7: Setting Up to Enlarge
The video for this really says it all so I’ll keep this text to a minimum. I’ve posted a few times about the enlarging machine but this is the first time I’ve actually set it up to use it. This one is physically setting it up on the bench. In the next one I’ll actuallyContinue reading “A Figure In Stone #7: Setting Up to Enlarge”
A Sculpture Enlarging Machine Part 2
This post is technical details about how the enlarging machine is constructed. It may not make much sense if you haven’t checked out part one where we introduced the sculpture enlarging machine. There aren’t a lot of designs for these things floating around the Internet but I did find some photos and there were aContinue reading “A Sculpture Enlarging Machine Part 2”
A Sculpture Enlarging Machine Part 1
I’ve seen these in photos and old books but I’ve never seen one in the wild so I built one. It was a fun project and there’s some interesting geometry going on if that’s something that interests you.