Art Barn Studio

Above are cell phone pictures of my studio space in the Hampshire College Art Barn. I am all settled in, as you can see by the mess, and I have built an armature for a new head. This head is significantly smaller then the VBH. I believe it will be about two feet tall and it will be based off of my good friend. Immediately behind the armature you can see two quick sketches I made to show the pose I want to sculpture to hold. I want it to be looking up out of a sea of hair. I planning on having this piece be a real departure from the VBH. I am hoping to make it much more playful in its expression and more complex with the texture and body of the hair.

Parting with the VBH

Today was my last day at my studio. There are still a few boxes in the picture below that I loaded into my car to be shipped off to the east coast. I will miss the studio and, of course, the VBH dearly.

Clean up day

After only getting to the first five pieces of the mother mold I had to clean and pack up my studio for the move back to the east coast. I am shipping away everything I will need for my new studio at Hampshire College and leaving anything that might be needed to complete the mold for the VBH. Below I took 'before' and 'after' photographs of my clean up job.

BEFORE

AFTER

Mother Molding

Now that the rubber mold is complete with three layers, seams, and buttons I've begun to add the mother mold layer. For the mother mold pieces I had make them piece by piece. I did not have to do this with the rubber because it can be cut easily with a razor, which the plaster and fiberglass cannot. I used clothing pins, playing cards, and packing tape to create shim walls along the seem lines. I tried to divide the piece in a way that compliments the shape of its features. There are twelve pieces in total.

Since I go back to Massachusetts very soon I have found somebody who has agreed to pick up with where ever I leave off with making the my mold and then, more importantly, they will cast the piece in resin. I'm very sad that I won't get to do the casting myself. I went shopping for ventilators the other day. The people at Douglas and Sturgess said I would need to buy the 'defender' which is the most powerful ventilator mask they sell. Since I am out of time I won't be needing it now.