Sculpture - Apoxie

I really love this material in Sculpture class. It has a consistency of play-doh and once it dries, it solid! I've used Sculpey before with far less satisfactory results, it constantly chips or breaks off, and is very brittle, but this stuff, i wouldn't be afraid to drop! Although I wouldnt, lol.

3D Watercolor - Independent Project

A couple of figures I'm doing for the Independent Project. Here I'll just be doing a series of related works based on Pre-Columbian art.

Gallery Show

So this week my work was up in the Cora Stafford Gallery. The reception was nice, a lot of people came, it was pretty crowded, and I was happy a few of my friends could make it and support me! Thanks guys!

I still have a lot of work to do, and I'll post pics soon!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm already stuffed full of pie and tortillas. :D

Watercolor Studio-Brochure

I printed off brochures today for our upcoming group show at the end of November, Color Exposed. We're required to make these, but I'm usually really proud of what turns out. Mine as well as my classmates! Hopefully I can get some of them to give me theirs.

(Outside)

(Inside)

Watercolor Studio - Korean

So Domonique and I went out to a Korean restaurant, where I snapped a photo of her on her cell phone, as I had forgotten my camera. I ended up using it because I needed another piece for my brochure and so I tied it in with the large pink one of her. Enjoy!

Sculpture - BRONZE

Sculpture - BRONZE!

ITS A BABY BRONZE GIRL!

Today was really fun, we poured molten bronze into our ceramic shells, I got to pour mine and a few others, it was REALLY HOT! I was covered from head to toe in leather protective gear! Another classmate took pictures of all that process, so I'll have those up later. The molten bronze was really beautiful to see, glowing and swirling with metallic colors. After they cooled we broke the ceramic shells to reveal the bronze inside! It was like Christmas. lol. After that I sand-blasted the piece to get the ceramic left in the crevices, which also gave her a greyish gold color, then I chopped off the sprews. Next week we we'll grind the nubs off, and the excess pieces. Then the week after that will be polishing and finishing! I've seen some of the other classes' works that are ahead of us, they look really nice! Until then she's just leaning like a cholo! :D

3D Watercolor - Installation

For my installation work I made a cocoon. I was told it came out looking more like a piñata but I suppose its because of the colors and layers, oh well I think it looks cool. I had the most trouble with the corn husks, painted and not. Absolutely nothing I had would make them stick to anything. Not Elmer's glue, not wood glue, not even super glue. So I had to go old school and break out the glue gun, which worked like a charm! Crazy!

Sculpture - Sprewing

So the next step in the bronzing process is to "sprew" the wax figure, create valves and vents for the bronze to flow through and fill the cast created by the wax figure, once its been melted out. There is a definite sense of loss during this project, its hard to imagine as hard as I've worked on this little wax figure, its eventually going to be destroyed to create a hopefully equally as beautiful bronze figure in its place.

Looking at the figure, all vented up and prepped for casting, was unsettling. The figure was barely balanced on top of a stick of wax and then straws and small strands of wax connecting various parts to the base. It had become an aberration! And I got scared of it falling apart. Its such a lengthy process! Next is coating it in silicone and sand!