Each piece is sewn onto the sculpture with a piece of wire in at least three places. It is slow meticulous work. It is a meditation. I have to really slow down and look very carefully for the best places to connect each piece to the sculpture. The wires used to attach the pieces can not look functional. The connections have to be hidden. My goal is to keep the water light and moving. Harvey was all about the water.
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 37.5 “bringing home the bacon”
Finished?
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 37 “bringing home the bacon”
More splashing
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 35.5 “bringing home the bacon”
Re working the splashing made by the figure wading through the flood.
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 35 “bringing home the bacon”
Reworking the splash
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 34.5 “bringing home the bacon”
The first day of working on the splash made from walking through flood water.
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 34 “bringing home the bacon”
How to sculpt a splash
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 32 “bringing home the bacon”
Creating tension
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 30 “bringing home the bacon”
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 29 “bringing home the bacon”
Right hoof
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 28.5 “bringing home the bacon”
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 28 “bringing home the bacon”
Today’s ingredients
Hay, string and wire-cloth to be mixed with plaster.
The left leg Preplaster
Hoof vibrations
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 27.5 “bringing home the bacon”
The first day of plaster
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 27 “bringing home the bacon”
Frint side of Left leg
Right leg
Left leg side view
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 26 “bringing home the bacon”
Building the ears and adding baling wire before the plaster.
Looking nose to nose
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 25.5 “bringing home the bacon”
International WaterMedia Exhibition - Invited
One of the most coveted words an artist can hear or receive in an email is “invited”
I am so pleased and grateful to have a piece selected. 🙏
Seven cyclist
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 2 “brining home the bacon”
Step one - I find or take a photo to use as a reference. Many times I take screen shots from videos I find online. This time I took photos of Griffin and Alex. At the time I was planning on sculpting “The Guy In the Astros Cap”. I had Griffin carry Alex and I took photos as he walked. I can still use the pictures of Griffin walking. Alex is too cute and tiny to stand in for the pig. I will have to wing the pig.
Photo if Griffin’s feet.
Step 2- I start with the armature for the feet, piecing them together from the small leftover scraps of my last sculpture.
Left foot, right foot
I really like the pigeon toed aspect of this photo.
Even though I like work from photos I feel free to change anything I want.
Harvey Heroes- Houston Responds
Back in October I received a phone call from Jeff Schultz of Houston Responds. Jeff was holding a conference the following week for local churches. He was trying to recruit volunteers to help those who still need help getting their lives back after Hurricane Harvey. He needed images for his Bible study booklet. I was thrilled to help out. I never received a copy of the booklet, but here are a few screen shot from the email he sent me.
