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Recently, I was commissioned by a local Toronto collector to produce a pop sculpture of a comic book character.<br />
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When I started modelling the figure and working out the basic forms,I started to play around and worked out in detail the anatomical structure.Although I never intended to produce an ecorche' figure for this project and of course it's not what the client wants instead I thought it would be fun to build the figure step by step and post some of the process on my blog.<br />
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Technically for those interested, the model is made of a soft microcrystalline wax which I had purchased from a local art store. The nice thing about wax I find is it's soft enough to model with fingers but still hard enough to get great detail using metal tools.<br />
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The scale of the figure is 1:6.<br />
The height of the model at this time from top of the hands to mid thigh is 21 cm.<br />
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February is a dreary month in Toronto. So I thought it would be nice on Valentines Day to show a porcelain sculpture of mine which I produced back in 2011. I think it's the only sculpture that I've done recently that has a smile. You can see this sculpture plus others I've done in porcelain in my <a href="http://sculpturemoulds.blogspot.ca/p/porcelain-gallery.html">Porcelain Gallery</a>. I hope you enjoy the images.<br />
I'll be back soon.<br />
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These photos were done back in 2012,early in the development of my installation project.I wanted to show the comparison between the skull and the face that was constructed over it.<br />
I find the process of reconstruction fascinating although my interpretation is a contemporary art piece which is part of a larger installation. I'm still working on the final model of this installation and hoping to finish her soon. In the meantime,the studio activity is picking up and should have some new work to post soon.<br />
I'll be back next week.<br />
Cheers.sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-5056929019749586862015-01-28T12:57:00.000-05:002015-01-28T12:57:07.158-05:00Works in Progress - Updated Gallery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Recently, I've been working on updating the different galleries on my blog. The above image is from the <a href="http://sculpturemoulds.blogspot.ca/p/works-in-progress.html">Works in Progress Gallery</a>. This will be changing as new images on the main page will be selected to go to this gallery. I hoping the rotation will be frequent. We'll see.<br />
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Introducing a new gallery for my blog <b>Hyper Realistic Sculpture Clay Models</b> <b>Gallery</b>.<br />
I wanted visitors to my website to have easier time viewing specifically the finished clay models which because of the blog format are difficult to navigate through because of all the previous posts.<br />
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Anyway, each clay model is constructed over a actual human skull with neck and shoulders added.<br />
Although my methodology is similar to forensic reconstruction,my purpose in this instance is a fine art application but having said that I want to show my capability in crossing over into other kinds of model making. There are seven sculptures shown in the gallery with more coming as well as new updates on the other galleries on the main page coming soon.<br />
I'll back shortly. Have a great week.<br />
Cheers.<br />
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Hello,I just wanted to show the fox skull which I intend to use in making my next sculpture. I have not made any firm decisions in regard to direction but I have a few ideas I would like to try. I'll keep you posted on the progress.<br />
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<br />sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-71097053790992865782015-01-09T17:08:00.000-05:002015-01-09T20:52:42.241-05:00Hyper Realistic Sculpture Revisiting Still Born 2005Recently, I came across a box of old models. I thought it would be an good opportunity to post one of the original wax sculptures that I had created over the last ten years.<br />
The model shown below is called Still Born and it was modeled in wax and cast in 2005. There is some damage on this sculpture due to the moulding process. I produced one bronze cast of this piece and it was later exhibited at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 2007. You can see the bronze in my<a href="http://sculpturemoulds.blogspot.ca/p/bronze-gallery.html"><b> bronze gallery</b></a> and in a<a href="http://sculpturemoulds.blogspot.ca/search?q=stillborn"> <b>post</b></a> I did a few years ago. <br />
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I usually keep many of my models even the one's which were unsuccessful because I find even the failures might contain something that might be useful later.<br />
Anyway, I'll be back soon. Cheers.<br />
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Back for 2015, a set of new images of a sculpture bust that I've been working on recently. The latest pictures show the early application of skin texture on Hyper Realistic Reconstructed Sculpture #8.<br />
To begin,skin texture application especially on younger subjects is very challenging because of it's subtlety. It's more time consuming for me to do than let's say applying skin texture to an old craggy male because the texture I'm applying is done in subtle layers with very small tools. This insures that the texture is visible but not exaggerated. I do a lot of experimentation on every model I sculpt in order to find the right surface treatment therefore much of the sculpture will be in different stages of development simultaneously. It may look confusing to the viewer but there is definite purpose. This sculpture when finished will be cast in silicone so it's important that the surface be as natural as possible.<br />
I will return soon with a new installment.<br />
Cheers.<br />
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The above images are the last of a series of hyper realistic busts. #8 is a reconstruction over a real human skull and like the others I followed the contours and the anatomy of each cranium to produce all the different faces. Unlike a forensic reconstruction,this series of busts will be part of an contemporary art installation.<br />
Getting back to the title "changes and adjustments" refers to the modelling. In the earlier version of #8 she was very lean looking which after several months of not working on her I noticed that her neck, shoulders and lower jaw were not the right proportion. After making the necessary changes,the sculpture is in the process of going through the final stages of contouring and so the next post will be about the beginning stage of applying the skin texture. I'm looking forward to it.<br />
I'll be back soon. Cheers.sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-47289016615904965542014-07-15T19:09:00.000-04:002014-08-03T18:53:09.427-04:00Hyper Realistic Reconstructed Sculpture Head Transplant Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a very long break from blogging I'm back with a new post.<br />
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images in this post are the latest of my Hyper Realistic Figure. The
figure is a clay reconstruction of a juvenile Homo Erectus(Lake Turkana Boy).
Although this type of subject is usually reserved for natural history
museums,my figure will be used in a contemporary art context.<br />
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Today's post shows the images of the new clay head. As I had mentioned in the previous post I was unhappy with the previous head and ended up purchasing an authentic copy of KNM-15000 skull from<a href="http://francecasts.com/"> Francecasts</a> which was installed on the sculpture back in March. Since then I've been carefully building up the forms and then over the past few days finishing the bust of this full figure. I have to say the main challenge for me in the sculpting of this individual's head is believability. I guess the main difficulty is no one knows what these individuals looked like so it ends up being a piece of informed speculation.<br />
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The rest of the body is done except for some detailing on the hands and feet. I will post those pictures over the coming weeks. In the meantime I'm starting some new projects which I'll talk about shortly.<br />
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Hello again.<br />
Recently, I visited online<a href="http://francecasts.com/"> Francecasts</a> which is a manufacturer of high quality reproductions of skulls and post cranial parts for both human and animal. I purchased two skull casts from them back in 2005 and from time to time visit their site to see what's new. In recent years they've become a distributor for <a href="http://www.museums.or.ke/">the Kenyan National Museums</a> casting program which sells high quality reproductions of early human and non human primate skulls and post cranial remains from the KNM collections. The sale of these fossil castings helps finance important paleontological research into the evolutionary history of East Africa.<br />
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The images above are of a skull which I had purchased through<a href="http://francecasts.com/"> Francecasts</a>. The skull is a replica of the fossil KNM-WT 15000. This is an authentic KNM cast of the original fossil better known as Lake Turkana Boy.<br />
I bought this cast because of my frustration using a Bone Clones replica first and then later a poor quality cast of the fossil from a European source. The differences between KNM cast and the other two are very noticeable especially in the detail of the teeth as shown in the above pictures.<br />
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Anyway, this skull will be used to do a new head reconstruction for my figure sculpture<a href="http://sculpturemoulds.blogspot.ca/2013/07/skin-texture-for-hyperphoto-realistic.html"> Hyper Realistic Reconstructed Sculpture#1.</a><br />
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If you are interested in acquiring authentic KNM casts contact Shane Walker at <a href="http://francecasts./">Francecasts. </a>The money goes directly to <a href="http://www.museums.or.ke/">Kenyan National Museums </a>to help finance important research into human origins.<br />
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I will be back shorty with some new posts.<br />
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I'm back with the final installment of images of the so called Mystery Bust. .<br />
The story began last year when I was approached by <a href="http://chriscurreri.com/">Chris Curreri</a> to assist him in producing a new sculpture as a part of his upcoming photo installation at the <a href="http://danielfariagallery.com/">Daniel Faria Gallery.</a> The sculpture was to be a new interpretation of the Medusa image. Chris commissioned me to sculpt the bust under his direction and specifications. The bust was later moulded and cast in cement. The pictures are of the finished bust at the exhibition.sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-87306643833545447612014-01-01T08:41:00.000-05:002014-01-01T08:42:35.469-05:00Mystery Bust "Sort of" Revealed Part 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Happy New Year <br />
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I'm back with a series of posts about a commission that started back in September of this past year.<br />
The artist <a href="http://chriscurreri.com/">Chris Curreri </a> and I had a number of conversations over the past several months about the opportunity to work together again on a sculpture idea Chris had been working on for an upcoming show. Under Chris' direction I began sculpting this bust and the above images illustrate the early development of this piece.<br />
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I'll be back soon with the third installment. Cheers.sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-17349896855646051062013-10-25T14:29:00.000-04:002013-10-25T14:29:08.262-04:00Hyper Realistic Sculpture "Mystery Bust" Part 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Over the past two weeks I've been working on a hyper realistic sculpture bust in clay which was commissioned about a month ago. For now I can't divulge the story about this sculpture until the end of November.<br />
Until then I will refer to it as my "mystery bust". <br />
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The subject of today's post is the final images of the clay portrait I've been working on since the spring.<br />
This is of course a real departure from my hyper realistic sculpture that has dominated most of the past images on this blog. I'm glad this bit is done and I will move on to moulding and casting. Looking forward to it.<br />
In the meantime,have a great week. sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-26141204796527370082013-08-14T08:33:00.000-04:002013-08-23T06:26:17.947-04:00Shaman's Dream Abraham Anghik Rueben<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've been recently going through my collection of images of different projects over the past few months. The above photographs show a wax cast of a sculpture by Abraham Anghik Rueben. The mould which I made back in 2009 was off a soapstone original. Abraham's works are often extremely complex from a technical standpoint and require sophisticated moulding and wax working techniques.<br />
The wax sculpture cast that is shown was produced back in July 2013 and is in the process of being cast in bronze by the <a href="http://cruciblefoundry.ca/">Crucible Foundry</a>. You can see more of Abraham's work at <a href="http://kiplinggallery.com/">Kipling Galleries</a>, Toronto.<br />
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At present, I've been making changes to the clay portrait that I'm working on as well catching up on other casting projects.<br />
I'll be back soon. Cheers. sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-1700994360234300502013-07-30T20:45:00.000-04:002013-08-05T08:29:44.556-04:00Staying Ahead Part 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I just wanted to do a quick post on this portrait head. I've been busy on several fronts so some projects like this commissioned clay portrait are taking more time but it does give me an opportunity to be a little more thorough. I'm still working out the hair and still evaluating the facial forms at this point of the process. It still a ways to go but I feel it's getting closer. <br />
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This is the early stages of skin texture being applied to the figure. The texture process as I've described in earlier posts is multistaged with layer upon layer of different sometimes extremely subtle tooling applied to the surface. I've found this approach best because it gives depth to the skin itself. It's been an up and down process so far but I feel I'm closer to completing the clay model than at any other time.<br />
In the meantime, the studio continues to be busy with some major projects coming up in the Fall as well. I'll announce that in September. <br />
I wish all my visitors,a great weekend. Cheers.<br />
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Today's post focuses on some of the artists that I have worked with over the past few months.<br />
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The first picture is a portrait of Lincoln Alexander by the sculptor <a href="http://ginocavicchioli.com/">Gino Cavecchioli</a>. Lincoln Alexander was a prominent politician from Hamilton Ontario who served in the federal cabinet as minister of labour in the Joe Clark government back in 1979. <br />
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These are urethane casts of Bat and Parakeet skulls which I moulded and cast in a bone colour for <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><b><i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Nandarach">Nan'Darach Designs</a></i></b></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7484499080320153270"> </a>in Calgary Alberta.<br />
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Close up of the Parakeet skulls.<br />
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A trio of sculptures by<a href="http://taline.ca/"> Taline Iskedjian</a> which were being moulded in silicone and was later cast in bronze by <a href="http://mstbronze.com/">MST Bronze.</a><br />
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A bonded or cold cast bronze cast which I made for the for the artist Bernice Schwartz.<br />
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Moulding the back of the juvenile Pan. The original is made in Terra Cotta<br />
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Another sculpture that was recently moulded and cast in bonded bronze. The sculptor is Sid Golden.<br />
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I'm finally back to blogging after a month long break. It's been busy in the studio so I have a back log of pictures to publish.<br />
Today's post is about a different version of a portrait I had started back in the winter. This first version of this head was done in <a href="http://monstermakers.com/">Monster Clay</a> but I found this material very similar to wax so it was a bit slow to work up.<br />
Instead I decided to use traditional water based clay for the bust. I find clay so much easier and faster to use.<br />
Although the bust appears to be near the finishing stage, it isn't. There is much to do in regards to not only the hair but also the face as well.<br />
For privacy reasons I can't show an image of the model herself to compare but I can say that the likeness is getting close. <br />
I will be back after the weekend. Happy Canada Day!<br />
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Hello again.<br />
I've just completed the "head transplant" of my Homo Erectus figure. The face is definitely different from the first as you can see from the above image. It's difficult for me at this point as to why there are differences. The skull used on the first head (head on the left) was produced by<a href="http://boneclones.com/"> BoneClones.</a> It's a carefully crafted model which is very close to the original but not an actual cast of the fossil skull whereas the new head was built over a cast of the actual fossil and so my question is: Are the differences between the skulls that significant or is it simply me having another attempt at essentially the same skull?<br />
In the meantime, I will be starting final contouring and applying the skin texture to the new head as well as the rest of the body so there will be more posts on that too.<br />
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I'll be back soon. Have a great week.sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-29552086502245243462013-05-17T09:10:00.000-04:002013-05-17T09:10:32.826-04:00Head Transplant Hyper Realistic Reconstructed Sculpture Homo Erectus/Ergaster Part 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A short post today, I just wanted to show the process and progress of building the new head for my figure sculpture. I'm still sketching out the muscles and making connections so my "head transplant" will appear seamless. As you can see a face is starting to emerge but there's still a long way to go.<br />
I'll be back soon. Have a great weekend.<br />
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Just a quick post on my figure. The surgery to connect his new head is still in progress. I just wanted to show the neck muscles as they are the first part in connecting the original body with the new head.<br />
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You'll notice that the nasal bones and brow ridge have been repaired with clay. The next stage I'll sketch out the muscles, start building the facial features and by then a face should start to emerge. We'll see how it differs from the original.<br />
I'll be back soon. Have a great week!<br />
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Recently,I came across an authentic casting of the skull of Turkana Boy, a 1.5 million year old fossil skeleton from Kenya. I found this casting on<a href="http://ebay.com/"> ebay </a>of all places. The cast that I purchased was made in plaster with a resin jaw. The cast appears to have been moulded once before with some loss of surface detail and some distortion especially with the mandible. So I repaired this new cast and then made a resin copy to compare with the skull cast used as the armature for the head of my figure. The original skull that was in the sculpture before was by<a href="http://boneclones.com/"> Bone Clones</a>.<br />
It's a decent replica which is a carefully crafted model and is close to the original but not as accurate as the new cast. But after comparing the two skulls with photos I had of both I decided to ditch the first head.<br />
The differences are mainly with the facial details such as the nasal bones and eye sockets where there is a noticeable difference between the two skulls although not very discernible with the above image. The other issue was authenticity, I wanted to base this figure on an actual cast but found obtaining one before difficult so that's why the Bone Clones version was used in the first place<br />
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Now that the original head has been removed and the new skull installed,it remains to be seen if this move was wise or foolish. We'll see how this head transplant works out. I feel bit like Dr. Frankenstein.<br />
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On other news, I'm still working #8 and that Monster Clay portrait plus moulds and casts of other artists' works.<br />
I'll be back soon. Have a great weekend.sculpturemouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066995676211839136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484499080320153270.post-67534241313568594482013-04-27T13:44:00.000-04:002013-05-05T20:39:31.035-04:00Hyper/Photo Realistic Reconstructed Figure #1 Adjustments<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Over the past several weeks I've been reassessing this natural size clay model of Homo Erectus/Ergaster.<br />
The main concern has been that the figure was too thin and the modelling lacked sufficient force. The subject is based upon the fossil remains KNM-WT-15000. The descriptions by researchers has been that this individual was a juvenile although not quite like a modern one, had a very slim muscular build with narrow shoulders and hips. The challenge for me is the proportions of this figure are not natural when you compare him with modern adolescents.<br />
For example the shoulders are extremely narrow for someone 163cm(5'4") tall which is further enhanced by the very wide neck muscles. Additionally, the upper thorax apparently tapers more severely than a modern one which has made the modelling for me at times a bit awkward. Other challenges include the very narrow hips with thigh bones that have unusually long necks which has a direct influence on the shape of his buttocks as well as the muscle groups immediately above and below his hip bones.<br />
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In the end it still comes down to believability.<br />
I'm hoping to finish these adjustments over the next couple of weeks. I feel it's going in the right direction. We'll see.<br />
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I'll be back next week. Cheers.<br />
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