Photographer Nash Baker getting the lighting just right before we take the piece of the pedestal.
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 36 “bringing home the bacon”
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 33.5 “bringing home the bacon”
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 33 “bringing home the bacon”
adding details
Detail to pant legs- water splashing off as he walks through the water.
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”
Hurricane Harvey - sculpture day 25 “bringing home the bacon”
the pig face
view of facing the nose
Side view
covering the bridge of the nose and forehead
Back of the head
The mouth