Life-size Spartan

We sent a wax copy of the Spartan to a company in Canada. They did a 3-d scan and with their milling machinery created a life size version of the Spartan. I will do a bit of carving in the foam and then coat it with clay and refine it even more.

The foam is a great way to get a head start on your larger work. The sculpture ends up requiring less clay and time to get to the finished piece.

Spartan

The Spartan is nearing completion. Here are a few photos of its current status.

Better photos

One of my current projects is getting better images of my work. I have built a little photo studio and purchased some lighting and have had a lot of fun learning more about photography. This is a preview of some of the updated photos. I plan on taking better images of all my work and when I'm done I will post them to the web site.

Head swap

I completed a commission for a family in San Francisco. They wanted the sculpture Emma's Garden but wanted the portrait to be their daughter. I sculpted a new head and this is the finished piece.

wax study

Another study from our modeling sessions.

Contemplation

This is another piece that was started in our modeling session. It was a good piece to be able to study drapery.

Scottsdale Artists School

I was fortunate to attend the Scottsdale Artist School last month. It was a week long workshop taught by Eugene Daub on the subject of relief sculpture. He would demonstrate each morning and the rest of each day was spent working from life on our own relief sculpture. Eugene was a wonderful teacher who gave a lot of helpful instruction and many useful critiques. It was an excellent experience and I can't wait to return and take another course. Below are the five reliefs that I created during the class.