And these are the afters:
Put in 3 hours today. Total time is 75 hrs. Man I thought posting my progress would be easy but I need to work out a system so that my photos can be more specific before and after. Also by blogging I have had to change how I work. Normally I carve as they said in art school ala prima (all over) but in order to try and photograph the right parts I have to concentrate more on one area.
I was working on getting the forms more flame-like and less lobe-like. I think that the form I have been running with is two sided and tapering. The two sides have dictated a lot of changes as sometimes my original shapes may have three or even four sides. I also noticed that I don't have any flames that split. I think that flames do tend to split so I will be working to combine flames to get more splits. Lastly as I work towards thinner and thinner forms, the entegrity of the wood is begining or actually continuing to concern me. I like the wormmy look of the wood and the decay but i hope it will be strong enough when I get through. Let me know what you think.
Hi Phil, I like what you are doing, it looks very cool. I agree that the shape would be more dramatic with better defined flames. But, it also jeapordizes the integrity. I like the global warming concept. Maybe inorder to show it there needs to be a defined earth with flames coming from it? It looks cool and I look forward to seeing more. Have fun!
ReplyDeletei like the sculpture but i do agree that making the flames a little more flame like( maybe by exaggerating the tips of them) and less "lobe like" will make the sculpture even better. the whole global warming idea is really cool. keep up the good work!
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