This weekend I took my daughter and granddaughter to see the sculpture at Deep in The Heart Art Foundry. Many don’t know that I have spent six years of my life creating this art. The first years were spent formulating the idea and trying to sell it to my client. My granddaughter is five. Which means she grew up with the sculpture. Pouring over photographs I can see just how apparent that is.
My granddaughter has grown up with the creation of this sculpture.Issa looks for the hidden things. It is my first time seeing the interaction of a child with my art. It is just what I was after.Issa helps out in the studio as we check the height of a small stump that will sit in front of the story book dedication plaque. A mouse will sit on a leaf at the height of her hand. My smallest intern.
Tea Party with my good friend David Morris who posed for the body of the Mad HatterIssa with a 3D print of the March Hare.CNC mill of the March HareIssa at the groundbreaking of Evelyn’s Park. I could not announce the sculpture was to go there because the client had not signed the contract.
Please pardon our mess. We have documented the entire process of creating the Alice In Wonderland Sculpture on Facebook at Finding Alice Sculpture, but we are slowly transferring all content here. It will make it easier to search. Thank you for your patience.
If you are in the Bastrop, Texas area on Friday the 23rd, be sure to stop in at the Deep In The Heart Art Foundry Open House. Alice and her friends are complete and it offers a sneak peek.
Patina is the color put on metal through the introduction of chemical and heat. This is a massive sculpture to patina and will take a team of qualified foundry workers days . The sculpture will be a traditional bronze patina. The foundry has made me some sample plates while I was visiting. I have a variety of different texture and am known for my textures. Varied texture helps give a greater variation within a small color pallet. The key will be:
1. To work with color and the texture to make the sculpture pop.
2. To make color cohesiveness between the pieces.
3. To help bring the eye through the entire 24 foot sculpture with the use of the pieces themselves, negative space , and color.
This is VERY hard to do when I’m not there watching. Here is the beginning of notes to the foundry. We will work closely with each other to be sure everything is just right.
They have to work hard and fast as humidity and temperature will have an affect on the metal.
The Mad hatter and his chair are huge. There is a lot to patinaThe March hare will really pop once some color is added.
March Hare Watch and cup patina. I’m very particular about this. My dream is that one day this watch is featured along with my work on Sunday Morning.The Alice Patina. I can’t wait to see how this comes out.
The table. There is so much here. Patina will really make this pop.
