If you look back to my entry for the 4th of
September, you will see a preliminary sketch that I made twenty years ago. My drawing represented the first attempt to
put down on paper an idea that was running around in my mind. Now, after all those years, I need to
transform the two dimensional sketch into a three dimensional piece of sculpture. Therein lays the challenge!
The first step is to make a 1/10th scale model (in sculptural terms known
as the maquette) of what will eventually be a group of life-size figures.
I build up my maquettes I directly in plaster. And if there’s one material more difficult to
handle than water colour, it surely has to be wet plaster. I can only apply small amounts at a time as
the mix is only workable for a few minutes.
Fortunately, I am not after detail (you know me!) but just an impression
of how the grouping will work out in reality.
Today’s pictures show the work in progress.
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