5/23/2016 6 Comments Hollowing my bustIt's a rainy Sunday outside, and I am back to the studio -- this time, I have my husband with me. I asked him to take the picture below because I had no idea if the sculpture would survive the day :) The video below is ten minutes long, but most of it is very accelerated to shrink about an hour of work into ten minutes. I only recorded the head and one of the shoulders being hollowed, but after the video was done, I went ahead and finished the other shoulder. I left the sculpture intentionally thicker than usual (about 3/4 of an inch to 1 inch thick) because I didn't want it to collapse; I'd rather have a slower drying, heavier sculpture than a deformed skull. I am amazed by how well the piece is holding off after all these days of working. Everything is still workable, even though it has become sturdier and solid. Now, I have to finish her hair and smooth her a little more. Really looking forward to completing this project!
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5/24/2016 12:49:24 pm
Wow. This is really impressive. I absolutely love the face.
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Angela Jurgensen
6/19/2016 08:19:03 pm
THANK YOU Alec!!! I am dead scared about firing this. I will fire it this week... the last post could be VERY depressing.
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Jillian Astren
5/26/2016 01:00:14 pm
I thoroughly enjoy seeing your artistic projects! You are so talented! I see that you are working in your studio, which I presume to be at your school. If you didn't have access to this space, what is the most important 'conditions' of an alternative space? I am getting the understanding from your blog posts that sculpting can be unpredictable. This is a lesson in itself as it's one thing to admire the art you're creating and another to admire the process and all the "behind the scenes" steps! Thanks for sharing!
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Angela Jurgensen
6/19/2016 08:24:03 pm
Thank you so much Jillian! I think sculpting can be very unpredictable if you don't know what you are doing, which is my case. :) I am, indeed, working at school, and I have no idea what I would do if I didn't have access to it. Next year will be very strange, and I am hoping the atelier in the Junior school has similar lightning and conditions. Ceramics needs to be done in an area easy to clean, and very well lit... this studio on the Senior school was not particularly easy to clean, as it was multipurpose. Ideally, a room for ceramics is only for ceramics and nothing else, but we do what we can! :) I am about to fire the bust this week, as I think it is dry enough; I have been reading a lot about it online, and even though I think that it's ready, I still think there is a strong possibility that it will explode in the kiln. It makes me sad to think of it, but I need to fire it with my last batch, so this is it. I still hope that she will survive and not explode. Crossing fingers!
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Chantelle
6/19/2016 08:25:21 pm
Thank you Chantelle! I just saw these comments and am just catching up. Ugh... I have two weebly accounts and haven't checked the other one, so I hadn't received any notifications. I love art, and am already feeling nostalgic as I will be teaching grade 6 next year. *sigh*
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