(November 2000)This is my third sculpture, and the first reclining pose I've ever done. Looking back at it I'm quite impressed with what I was able to do. I'm currently working on a similar pose. I think with the same model as this one. I'm not doing nearly as well. I'm out of practice, for a lot of reasons that will become clear in subsequent posts.
The teacher says start with a good base of clay and try and model the surface the model is lying on be for modeling the model. (The use of the term model for what the model is and does and what the arts does can get very confusing, but that's way it's done.) In this case I definitely made a good base. I wish I had done that with my current piece. But more about that when the time comes.
If you look closely at the pictures you will notice that the board I am working on is warped. It didn't start out that way, but it gradually happened over the three classes we had with the model. It made for an interesting problem. Each week I returned to the piece it had a big crack right through the centre. She got split at the belly button. This was definitely annoying, but it did help improve the arch in her back.
One of the problems with this piece is the proportions. The arms and legs are a little shore and they end in hands and feet that are way too small. A good measure of the size of your hand is that is will cover your face.The part that I like about this piece is how it flows over the base. I think this worked quite well. I also like that I managed to get all the bits in. A little more clean up and this would have been a good candidate for casting.
1 comment:
Wow, awesome. I have to agree, the proportions of the outer extremities are a bit off, but that's usually way easier to see in hindsight than in the heat of the moment. BUT the flow of the piece, the beauty of the form, and your underlying structure of the pose, outstanding. Specifically the breasts, stomach and hips are really well done. You are right, sometimes issues, like the board warping, make happy accidents. Forgive me for going on, as you have hit a real passion of mine, and I am really enjoying watching the progress of development in your sculptures as you present them to us. Thank you, so much for sharing them.
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