Sculpture Moulds: 2015

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Anatomy of a Pop Sculpture

Recently, I was commissioned by a local Toronto collector to produce a pop sculpture of a comic book character.

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.

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.

The scale of the figure is 1:6.
The height of the model at this time from top of the hands to mid thigh is 21 cm.

I'll be back soon.
Cheers.

Saturday, 14 February 2015

Happy Valentines Day Revisiting Laughing Peruvian

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 Porcelain Gallery. I hope you enjoy the images.
I'll be back soon.
Cheers.

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Skull and Face Hyper Realistic Reconstructed Sculpture # 3 Revisited

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.
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.
I'll be back next week.
Cheers.

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Works in Progress - Updated Gallery

Recently, I've been working on updating the different galleries on my blog. The above image is from the Works in Progress Gallery. 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.
I'll be back soon.

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Hyper Realistic Sculpture Clay Models-New Gallery

Hello everyone

Introducing a new gallery for my blog Hyper Realistic Sculpture Clay Models Gallery.
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.

Anyway, each clay model is constructed over a actual human skull with neck and shoulders added.
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.
I'll back shortly. Have a great week.
Cheers.

Thursday, 15 January 2015

New Ideas - Fox Skull Hyper Realistic Sculpture

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.
Cheers.

Friday, 9 January 2015

Hyper Realistic Sculpture Revisiting Still Born 2005

Recently, 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.
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 bronze gallery and in a post I did a few years ago.

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.
Anyway, I'll be back soon. Cheers.

Friday, 2 January 2015

New Year 2015 Hyper Realistic Reconstructed Sculpture #8 Skin Texture Part 1

Hello again,

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.
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.
I will return soon with a new installment.
Cheers.

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