Friday, May 25, 2012

I've been working on the first arm, her right.  It was a little tricky getting started.  There's been this flow moving up through her body, all going in one direction... up.  But with the arm, there's a sudden almost 90 degree change in that direction.  There are a lot of new shapes converging here too: muscles, shoulders, shoulder blades and underarms.

This is also the first time in the seven months I've been working on her that I don't have the four thicker wires laying the ground work, setting the parameters for how everything else is going to be filled in.  It's all the thinner wire now.  It took me a couple days to find the first line, a fairly bold one at that, squiggling its way down the underside of the arm, but once I found it, the other lines began to fall into place.

With every wire I add, it gets harder and harder to get the Dremel in to grind the welds inside the underarm and shoulder blade.  With the finished shoulders closing in the torso, I can only get in through the arm and neck holes.  It's going to get even trickier when this arm is finished and I move on to the other arm, as I'll only be able to get in through the neck hole.  It'll ease up a little once I get past the underarm/shoulder blade though.  Then I'll be able to come in from the unfinished end of the arm.  I'll just have to grind each weld as soon as I do them.  Up until the shoulders, I was able to pop in multiple welds, as many as eight, before I had to go back and grind them down, but it's starting to get tight in there now. 

It looks really pretty so far.  I've finished the shoulder blade and the underside of the arm all the way down to the elbow.  Since this first arm doesn't get too close to the head, I think I'm going to go ahead and finish it out to the fingers.  The second arm bends back towards the face, so I'll probably finish that one to the elbow, then move on to the head before I finish the forearm and hand last.
 




The hands will be a challenge, but I'm looking forward to it.  Her lazily splayed fingers will hopefully add a layer of delicacy to the piece that's been hinted at so far, but hasn't fully emerged. 

Getting sexy...




1 comment:

  1. Hey sean!
    I keep track of your work and through your moms posts on fb and I have to say, your work truly astounds me! You truly have patience mastered and a true passion for your craft! This is one of your best works so far! Beautifully detailed and highly creative!! I cannot wait to see more! Have fun at Burning Man! I am hoping to attend next year!!

    Sincerely
    Charlie Lyons!

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