Straight to the head: Restoring an angel sculpture

Here is the angel piece I mentioned previously. This sculpture was from 1995. It actually came into being in a fit of anger. I had met a guy who felt my sculpting ability would be good in the home decor and garden world-although I had no interest in that sort of thing. The main trouble with that type of sculpture for me is that pieces are meant to blend into an environment, and I prefer things that stick out and draw attention. I never enjoyed the work. He had convinced me to do a couple of things for this market-but his mold making ability was poor, and the pieces ended up ruined. So I told him to vanish from my premises forever(he didnt) and decided to attempt a sculpture that I would do the mold for myself. So I decided on this. Not sure why--I think I wanted to test different kinds of sculptural themes--cherubish children were popular so I added a couple in to the space left vacant between the wings. A few years later I saw a photo of a small sculpture that was almost the same in post and concept(minus the children). I assume both I and the other artist saw the same source of inspiration(probably a painting).

It is a heavy piece and takes a lot of hydrostone to make. I have sold a few of them, but it just isn't practical due to the size and weight. I tried using epoxy clay to make a lightweight press of the sculpture-it worked better than I had hoped.


I planned to coat it with resin to give it a glossy look--but there was a chemical reaction with the paint and the faces of the man and woman were ruined. So I had to cut them out and replace with new heads that I created by doing another clay press.

























I had to cut out the bad heads.

















And put in the replacements.












I have to add some more clay and smooth it out so it appears seamless. Soon.










finished repair:

K G's Art and Fantasy: first post

Hello. This blog will cover my various art endeavors and replace a website I had for ten years(RIP). I expect to detail my progress with sculpture, painting, writing and computer graphics/animation, as well as film projects and whatever else comes to mind. I reside in British Columbia, Canada in a city/town near the US border. It is nice but dull. I find this place toxic in some ways. In fact I wish I was born elsewhere. Not sure where but not here.
My art work is an attempt to enliven things although I keep a low profile and rarely show my work around(not by choice much of the time, just not easy to find venues for it due to a variety of reasons). Making money from it when I can is nice too.
I'll post a bit of work related images.

The first is a photo of a 16mm stop motion animation experiment i did in the early 90s(not my first but one of the earliest). Its about 3 seconds in duration. I havent attempted to post a video of it-although it might be interesting since it was made before computer graphics was available and used a few layers of glass to create a fire effect--with tiny light bulbs int he head and chest to make it glow like fire. Since then I have worked on doing the same with computer graphics.















The second image is a model of an angel I did in clay around the same time. It was made of roma plastilina and around 9 inches tall. After that I started to think about making keepsake figures instead of focusing on puppets designed for animation.










The third picture is my first surviving sculpture I did as a home decor type item(although I hate home decor). I made it in 1995 and still have the mold for it. It took 2 months to sculpt. It is called the "Heavenly Guardians" although I cant remember if I named it or someone else. A former employer took a second generation mold of it and was selling copies without my permission, but he kicked the bucket and the mold was passed into the hands of others. I told them not to sell it. Hopefully their mold will rot and I wont have to think about it anymore. I dont love the piece, but dont like others copying it without my permission. I recently made a casting of it in lightweight epoxy(the previous ones were hydrostone). I will post a pic when its finished.









I have also done some painting. Here is an acrylic angel painting I did a few years ago.
























And here is an image from my first computer animation experiment.




I did it this past January. It is 20 seconds long. I have a youtube link for it but the URL keeps changing. This was the last known link for it.