[foundwood]

This new project really fried my grey matter, so I had to enlist the aid of some new materials and techniques to help me visualize the piece. Talk about heading off on a tangent! Anywho, I am making a plaster mock-up of a hollow bust that will appear to have been formed by a Bonsai.

This will be a three-piece carving with the left and right sides of the head sculpted from cherry, and the hair is still undecided.

I will shoot more pictures as the work progresses. I am so happy to have finally found a way to visualize this thing after a month of trying. I cut the black areas out last night, and when shining a flashlight on it in my darkened shop, the shadows on the wall are incredible.

The thumbnail of the tree below is what I am shooting for, in a sense. It was part of the inspiration.

[AlArchie]

Whew! That is a jump! What a creative idea, and you will definitely be in for a challenge transforming that clay mock-up into wood. PLEASE keep us posted on the progress. This has really piqued my interest.

Al

[jax]

That is definitely an out of the ordinary carving and will be interesting to see it develop.

Jax.