Wax on - Wax off
Meridian Sculpture in Brunswick run a short 2 day course to get started in Bronze Sculpting and it has changed my ideas about what I can do as an Artist. There is a great satisfaction from turning a hard brick of wax into a flowing free form.
So I got a little Wax (500g) from Meridian Sculpture and I had no idea what to do with it… I didn’t even know what i was capable of creating from a technical point of view. I took to Youtube and watched many hours of people melting aluminium and bronze in home made foundries until I figured I’d just give it a go…
Fascinated by still photography of water splashs from 20 years of Photo Retouching food and drink shots for my day job I hit on the idea of making a Bronze bowl in the form of a Splash frozen in time…
Many hours later with much experimentation and frustration I had cast my first Bronze scuplture and I was hooked!
Wax Bowl - Concept 1 - First Try at an ‘organic’ splash
Wax Bowl Mark II - Splash Design
Wax Bowl Mark II - Splash Design
Final Bowl Mark II - Splash Design [33cm diameter x 18cm height]