First you need a
love for far away places.
That's me on Kilimanjaro. |
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| Next a love for
Adventure doesn't hurt. |
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Now you need
inspiration...
Artists, and Imaginers like Walt Disney have always searched
out their inspiration.
Theses ruins
are
Angor Watt Cambodia. |
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| Ancient Temples
of Bagan Burma. |
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Me on the first
day, I used tape on the wall
to determine
dimensions for the original part or sculpture, we call a "plug". |
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Plugs are made
with a varity of materials, here I use dense foam
to carve the more detailed areas. |
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Automotive
Bondo, plywood, and foam were used
to create this plug,
that we will use to make a mold. |
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I searched like
mad to find stone with the
proper weathering to match
the aged look the piece would have taken on after a Millennium
in the Jungle. I then made a latex impression of the original
stone
and painstakingly applied the new texture to the piece.
It turned out
beautiful. |
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This is the plug
on the way to the mold shop where
several layers of fiberglass will be laid over it to make a permanent
Impression,
that will be the "mold".
It will be a very large mold, as it must produce a sculpture that will
be made as a single piece. |
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All the foam and wood tear
off the plug as it is sacrificed to free the mold.
This is what happens when we remove the new
mold from the original plug, it was only built to make the single mold
impression, and not to last. |
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