Work Update & Thoughts upon

Just Thought i'd go into a little detail over what i have been doing and some pensive moments i've had with the work so far. After having made some sculptor planning sketches for a piece i started to make a clay moquette and develop the basic structure of it to be ready for casting in vinomould and eventually plaster.

 The sculpting turned out really well and the complications started when i wanted to transfer it to the next media, via casting. There was a stretch of several hours involving a large amount of clay bedding and preparing the Vinomould, in order to get ready for this stage.

 I now have the mould, although after having to make an equally humongous amount of plaster to cover it, the setting started sooner than anticipated, so i can only assume that there will be a very lumpy  cast with all the properties of a tin of rice pudding. Fingers crossed.

 I now have the sort of drive and inspiration needed to carry out my ideas. Have been researching artists such as Rodin and Noguchi who have similar attributes in some ways. Have started to adopt the idea of finding something within the material. Very excited about the next stages.

On another note. I looked at a large book on Anthony Gormley, as i remember him producing a lot of replicas. It is intriguing and slightly frustrating to look at his work, the iron-cast replicas of himself. What i find hard to believe is how much shelf life he has got out of one design....that gets to me somewhat, but fair-play if he can o that. Although, the crux of this point is that he had a most notable exhibit(pictured) entitled, "Learning to Think" which had these figures within it. As with a great deal of his work, he transmitted this same artwork across many varying environments, galleries and positions. It makes me think about how applicable my own work will be in display. Wondering how I can move my own work about or test it in altering scenarios to acquire knowledge of the audience or how the overall work is affected by these movements. The display is the crucial thing. Still uncertain whether i will be putting forward the actual sculpture or drawings.... probably the latter which means that i must consider this.