V1.0 Of The Figure Did Not Go To Waste After All

Version one of the model for the figure carving wasn’t quite what was needed. I’d made a mold before deciding to rework it but I’d never poured it. The clay popped out of the mold almost unharmed so it was easy to rework the aspects I didn’t like. I liked the placidity of her postureContinue reading “V1.0 Of The Figure Did Not Go To Waste After All”

A Figure In Stone #6: The 1/2 Scale Model

The plan is to start with a half-scale clay model that will be cast in plaster. The half-scale plaster will then be enlarged (using the 3-D pantograph) into a full-size clay. The full-size clay will then cast in a permanent plaster model that can be transferred point-by-point into stone using the traditional pointing machine. HereContinue reading “A Figure In Stone #6: The 1/2 Scale Model”