After the glories of the exhibition of Vigevano (which ends next Sunday), followed days of work without much glory, but a fairly good effort.
The days begin around 9 am, with the model who poses for us students: produrci in the near future we will have a full figure sculpture of about one meter high, it is necessary to draw and redraw the model to study the laying, masses and the lights. In
downtime, such as when the model is paused, we students are obliged to withdraw from each other. These days he started my colleague Alessandro, who in December had long posed for me and they now return the favor.
pose as a model at the beginning is funny but after a while she's a real pizza: helmet after half an hour of sleep! In addition, unable to move, back and neck soreness faster. And we should also put up! Other
work hard last week: I emptied my head of clay that I used for the positive plaster in recent months. An operation to open the skull! ^ ^
indeed a big job! I removed a cap from his head by cutting the clay with the wire and then, little by little, with a Miretta I removed all the clay, except for a thick skin about two inches.
Now the work is drying and, if the clay could not take it as it is full of remnants of war other working (small pieces of chalk, above), then I could bring it to the oven and cook it, resulting in a beautiful terracotta head of rosacea.
We'll see if I want to risk cracks or disintegration of the clay did not clean it runs the risk of suffering if it is cooked at high temperatures.
And finally I'm tired, happy and tired. I'm also following the course of forming, to learn to make molds for the cast, and I've already thought of ideas for new works. Draw the model I really like even if I drain the energy. Despite the allergy for religious holidays, this year I'm looking forward to Easter to sleep as the season commands!
