I was just reading a post over at the The Frog Queen’s Blog and it made me think about something. Photographing during studio sessions.
When I am making an art piece I take a lot of pictures. Probably in a given 3-4 hour sculpting session I take about 20 or so pictures. This [...]
I have been working on Frank AKA “The Monster” a lot lately. It is a very involved piece, I have had to do: sculpting, sewing, sheetmetal work, woodwork, drywall. When I started working on him he was just a head actually, I hadn’t conceived of a base at all. It has me thinking [...]
I’m sure this will be a multi part post. All of us have the need to fashion eyes into the pieces we make in some form or another. There are several ways to do this. I always do it the same way and am never satisfied with the result completely.
How I make [...]
I’ve received and read a few interesting comments regarding my post on developing innovation. Initially, I planned this to be a two-part meditation, but I believe it would be best to explain a few concepts a bit further before discussing techniques for finding your own voice in a project.
Let’s consider this post 1-point-5 in the series. And I’ll share a little bit about my early process to put this into context.
I got into sculpting at an early age with kiln-fired clays and Papier-mâché. I had what you might call the “Middle School” exposure to art. I wasn’t rocking any techniques that a kid in the 2nd grade didn’t have access to. So many years later when I wanted to get serious about sculpting and design, I knew I needed to get my hands on serious art techniques, materials, and processes. And I had to do this without the Internet as it is today.
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