Tampilkan postingan dengan label sculpture. Tampilkan semua postingan
Tampilkan postingan dengan label sculpture. Tampilkan semua postingan

0
'29 Faces' Challenge and Unfinished Business

So, as mentioned in my earlier post, much of my aim for this '29 Faces' Challenge is to use it as motivation for finally finishing up a  hoard of hanging art projects I have sitting around here, annoying me as they do with their unfinished states.  I'm afraid I'm notorious for diving into ideas and concepts before they're entirely hashed out -- then when I get to a point where I might become slightly stuck because things weren't thoroughly thought through, I set the project aside, for 'later'.  With every intention of getting back to it of course, but...well, you get the picture:

A Whole Host of Unfinished Business

The above is a pile of projects I have in various stages of incompletion, many of which were started years ago with the best intentions..., and yet here they sit, unfinished and orphaned.  As you can see we have quite the variety of mediums here -- from aceo's, to paintings, to 3-D papier mache, even painted rocks.  The photo doesn't lie -- plenty 'o' FACES here (and it doesn't even include my forgotten stash of dead and broken Barbies which I'm in the process of altering).   None of it officially completed, none having ever been photographed nor uploaded nor listed anywhere.  Nothing signed.  ALL of it just sitting around, undone, taking up precious studio space while mocking me.  Nagging me.  How great it would be to tie up these pesky loose ends, for once and for all!   And so, this is in large part my objective for this Challenge -- wish me luck....!



.

0
A Vegetarian "Boar's Head"....


"Roasted and Basted" Table Centerpiece (Made entirely of Papier Mache)

Paper Pig




No piggies harmed in the making of THIS boar's head.....!


Roasted and Basted, Succulent PAPER


Actually, it's probably technically-speaking more of a 'pig head' than a 'boar's head' ('boar's head' just sounding better), but however you want to slice it (ahem ;-)), I am happy to report no critters were harmed in its creation (unless you count trees)....


I confess it had been some time since I'd taken on a paper mache project. As much as I adore the medium and champion all it's glories, it's probably safe to say the toil on my 10' tall Statue of Liberty Project may well indeed have burned me out for a wee bit there. Not that I'd ceased loving the craft or anything -- it's just that after such an ambitious endeavor it appears I needed a break, and an extended one at that, while I concentrated instead on painting and other pursuits. And so it was that I was able to tackle this recent project with a refreshed mindset after my little hiatus. Created upon request as a stage prop for a December 2011 theatrical production, I was really pleased with how my 'Pig Head' turned out -- roasted and basted and succulent in appearance (I'm vegetarian mind...so yeah. Gross.), it made for a very festive, show-stopping centerpiece dish suitable for any grand banquet table. And I approached this project in such a way that I can easily (well, relatively speaking anyway) make more of them, should I receive any additional Pig Head requests (as I repeatedly have for 'Horse Heads' all these many years) down the line (Medieval Feasts, anyone???  Madrigals too, and all that)....


0
Mystery Project Taking Shape

After working on it most of the weekend, it's coming along (this photo was snapped last week or so)...





.

0
Mystery Project of the Now....



Well, that title isn't so accurate perhaps -- this photo was actually taken a little while ago now, and it's currently all a bit farther along than this picture suggests (will catch up here soon!). But, as one can still (sort of) see...:

(1) the whole shebang has been moved indoors,
(2) is getting the dread chicken wire treatment,
(3) has tin foil boobs, AND...
(4) is taking up ALL kinds of room in my house...(!)

I regret the photo is not the best, but it has been a little tricky trying to step back and get a good angle for documentation purposes, what with size and clutter, etc. Still hopefully this will lend at least some idea of its continuing state, The Project, with more photos forthcoming as I go along.

So today, my agenda on this rainy overcast Saturday (thank goodness no sunny/warm temptations) is simply to work on it, throughout the day....

0
Project of Mystery


Whatever could it be?


'Mystery Project' of the Now....: a large-scale (9.5 feet to the top of the metal projection sticking up) 3D commission in progress (currently a bit further along than the beginning armature demonstrated in this pic), of which I will reveal more details as I go along (and no, it's not a fancy-schmancy, high-falutin' dog bed, as my nosy poodle in the photo might potentially suggest)....

0
Nutcracker '09 Projects


Nutcracker Ballet 'Soldier' and 'Rat' Stick Masks


I did still manage to take on a few fun commissions during the course of my treatments -- here we have my completed projects for this past year's local Nutcracker Ballet production: 5 papier mache Stick Masks (2 Solider and 3 Rat) ...

0
Sabbatical


Horse Head Mask commission, for an Arizona ballet production of 'The Nutcracker'....


Just a little blogging hiatus... (be back soon)....
Detail: Sabbatical

0
Horse Heads



Funny how these horse head commissions keep coming down the pike. I have yet another pair to make for our local ballet company's production of Cinderella in May. To date I have made well over a dozen of these by now, and the requests still dribble in....

0
EBSQ Halloween Doll Challenge


Whew, it's been a busy fall around here....

But, I was able to squeeze in a small, but fun, project. The 'Art Doll' message board on the EBSQ forums hosted a Halloween Doll Challenge this past month. Despite my bestest intentions, I put if off for ages yet still managed to pull something together rather quickly at the last minute, at least enough to squeak by and enter a piece just under the wire: http://tinyurl.com/5qfwv6

Behold, the 'Halloween Witch Cat'.... standing tall and erect (at a petite 6 inches), with her witchy hat tucked under her arm....

She was sculpted with papier mache and paper pulp. It's a little funny how it all came about actually. While I had wanted to participate in the challenge, and adore anything Halloween and always have, I just couldn't put my mind into exactly what I wanted to do. Naturally, my 'solution' was to stall and stall (plus, like I said, it's been pretty busy around here as of late).

Finally, scouring my studio for inspiration the other day, I came across three wee 'eggs' I'd made with leftover Celluclay pulp several months ago. I had about a third cup of pulp left after completing a project back then. Pulp doesn't keep obviously, and since I hate wasting anything, I simply fashioned three little balls. Which then dried. Pretty useless as is -- however, when I ran across them, I got the bright idea to use them as starts for little sculpted 'heads' of some kind. Adding more pulp to one of the balls, on impulse I fashioned a little cat's head. A reasonable start, cute little head-- but, I still had to come up with a body/a pose/a theme. And I was running out of time. Rifling through a bag of toys I'd sorted this past summer, I found a small odd-and-end plastic figure thingie (likely from a Happy Meal or some such? Though we are veg and have never in our lives purchased a Happy Meal) which was likely destined eventually for the landfill, and decided to use it as my internal structural armature. I attached my cat head (not he easiest thing to do, actually), and further fleshed out the figure and pose with papier mache, enclosing her neck (the neck being the head of the plastic toy figure), adding her witch hat (which was a little projection on the plastic toy figure), shaping and filling out her right arm, adding/attaching her left arm, and just overall going for a 'folksy' sort of look.

All in all? Not too shabby, I dont' think....
Langganan: Postingan ( Atom )
 

Copyright 2011 Art of Patience is proudly powered by blogger.com