Soliloquy II gets poured

I cut the pouring of Soliloquy II down to about a minute. There was actually a days worth of building the box and filling it with sand so the mold was pretty much covered, except for the top, which we set on fire when the bronze hits the side of the box. No danger, tho, the sand and fire brick around the mold keep the box from doing much. Check it out.

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I've mentioned it before, but it's worth repeating; this was a recreation of a piece that was stolen from me a few years ago. My sculpture teacher, Ric Stewart, talked me into remaking it, even larger. He's the bearded Gent runnin' things.

This piece doesn't have that sense of movement of the original, but it was definitely gratifying getting it cast. I posted progress earlier, and will continue.

A short update: Working on multiple art projects right now, and trying to implement cashflow management software.  I'll get more into the artwork soon...I did get to spend some time helping Ric trim gates and vents off Soliloquy II.

Our progress so far:

Long time y'all!

Happy 2013!

I'm sorry, it's been a long time since I posted. It's been all good, tho. Still Cancer Free! recently accomplished a few things from that first post, so I had to shout it out.

Soliloquy II, right out of the mold; cast Bronze.

Two years, one month, I believe...since I said it on this blog. It had been stolen from an art show, originally. This is her big sister.

It's still kind of difficult to see her in there, but this is the alien baby, basically. Tubes attached everywhere, with a central tube running down page right. She's posed with her left arm and leg straight out, right leg straight, right arm across her chest. She came out with all her fingers, all her skirt, right down to the dreads...That is a tough tough casting job. Thanks Ric Stewart, Bronze god for walking me through every step. Most of my peeps know that I'm gonna make you do that whether I know what I'm doing or not...just a li'l quirky.

With that, tho, we cast the largest piece Ric or I have every done, and she's got no holes, and everything cast. I'm gonna predict we'll even be able to see my fingerprints on the skirt...
The original:

Pushing many many buttons right now, so I'll still be hit and miss, but thanks for hanging in there.