Sculpture update (Rhino/Orangutan/Tiger)

RHINO update

last layer for the rhino moulding

finished, remind myself the screw could not be inside, now the wood board could not separate…is not good for next step…e.g. drying and opening of mould.

open it!

the dividing not very successful, hope it do not affect the casting so much

the lower piece, bottom left corner not firm and hard enough due to not mixing well of plaster….to be careful of washing

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ORANGUTAN update

starting from wooden frame and wire to form the basic structure.

putting the clay on

after 2-3 nights…keep editing the….this model is difficult in balancing, and I want to make a good form with my style as well….so finally finished

     

now go for moulding, something to hold his back so that it maintain “floating” on the plaster

as the form is complicated…leaking always happen

this is what I said “floating”

the mixing of plaster should be in quick and accurate amount…CONCENTRATE 

finally I divided the mould into 7 pieces, and the rhino one just 3

all wooden board removed for opening

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TIGER update

same…begin with wood and wire

clay on…this one ….difficult on standing

rough shape

the back…top view…I love the shape very much….a bit similar to my toy (battlecat from he-man)

almost finish, the gain or pattern will be sculpt after casting…..since those pattern will further make the sculpture weak…crack….and adding difficulty to the moulding …….and….one of the reason is every tiger’s pattern are individual….like fingerprints of human…so sculpt it out would be fun!

keeping it wet by plastic and wet towel

bring to uni and start moulding

the eyes take me so long for crafting, editting and crafting back and for….

the hand’s are cracked and brokennnnnnn! this one is too challenging, coz I do not have a stand for it….how to make it floats on plaster?!

finally start….remember to spray oil, on both the clay surface and plaster dividing, is really useful!!!

to be continued~

Collecting used or unwanted lipstick for sculpture/ 收集二手或不用的唇膏製作雕塑之用

As I am posting request for second hand, unwanted lipstick, for upcycling sculpture project. Here I try to illustrate my concept. The main purpose is to raise awareness of endangered animals. There is a deforestation problem due to the large amount use of palm oil, for manufacturing daily product such as lipstick, shampoo, chocolate, etc. Thus, the animals are lack of living habitat and prey for food.

由於我在多個社交群組徵求已用或不用的唇膏，作為升級再造雕塑之用。在此我描述一下概念。主要是借我的雕塑增加大家對瀕臨絕種動物的關注；由於大量使用棕櫚油生產日常用品如唇膏，洗頭水及朱古力等，以致森林過份被開伐. 因此動物漸漸失去生態居住及獵物。

Endangered Animals suffering from the problem/ : Sumatran Tiger/ Sumatran Elephant/ Sumatran Rhino/ Sumatran Orangutan

受影響的瀕臨絕種動物包括:蘇門答臘虎/大象／犀牛／猩猩

I try to cast my sculpture by mixing my own lip balm/ lipstick without palm oil. On the other hand, I am thinking to cast with second hand, or unwanted lipstick; the project itself involves upcycling and, at the same time through the collecting process, to let my friends know such problem. Thus, no matter the lipstick they donated are made with or without palm oil, they started to know it more, and I am working on a upcycling project as well.

我嘗試以其他物料製作不包含棕櫚油的唇膏雕塑。另一方面在構思以已用或不用的唇膏製作雕塑；製作概念在升級再造的同時，收集過程中讓我的朋友們開始認識這個課題。所以不論他們將捐出的唇膏有否棕櫚油，他們在這也認知更多，而我亦將廢物升級再造。

Link for more info/ 更多資訊:

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/what-you-can-do/others-ways-to-support-us/be-an-ethical-shopper/

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/palm_oil/

Planning for the final 4 pieces

In order to make them like a whole series, I would like to follow a right scale, I mean 4 animals comparing each other. 

That’s an issue to concern, too small, the orangutan is difficult to make, too big, the elephant would be huge…still thinking how big should they be.

and some elephant outlook details for my ref

Sculpture Form

Because the palm oil problem affecting 4 endangered animals….so for the final project I want to make all 4 sculptures. instead of only one 1:1 tiger head. First of all, there are 4 animals suffering from the problem, I’d better show all of them in order to let the audience know more. And…instead of sculpting the head only, I want to show the dynamic, energy of the animals. Since a head is always linked to hunted for trophy. I do want to let people see the animals shape and gestures. Last but not least, as the sculpture is related to lipstick and lip balm, I try to use the 15mm diameter tube as part of the form….it also help to give a sense of motion to the sculpture. here are the different drawing I brainstormed.

to decide which one I will do, I’d better consider the making of mould too. Since there’s difficulty for too many parts, and also lost of sculpture details, leaking of mixture….etc.

I picked 1 from each (yellow circle), and will consider some element from others (blue circle)

TIger – the jumping action with tube enhancing motion; and see if I could twist a bit to perform the gesture, the simple but nice backbone shape

orangutan – the rushing motion (mainly consider the standing of sculpture…..) -_- actually I like the sitting post on tree…..hm…let me see

Rhino – the simple stepping motion with power; yea…add the direction element?!

elephant – the looking upward motion, with some changes to the trunk (curve maybe)