Personal Lamp (Sculpture)
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I recently started on the construction of a personal lamp. I've been meaning to make it the whole summer, but got side tracked on other things. I hope to finish this up before I go to Art school (october 3rd).
I'm making it out of super sculpey. I know some might think it would have been better to make this out of resin, but I don't think I have the funds or the skill to work with resin just yet.
Though what I'll be doing after I bake it, is I will be applying a coat of this stuff called Metal sculpt to it. It was a going away gift from my high school art teacher. And once polished and buffed it will look like it was made out of metal. I know it'd probably be easier to just have it bronzed or something, but I would like to use the gift my teacher gave me.
anyway, on to the pictures of it so far!
Basic Rig, which is made out of bendable plumbing pipes, and foil.
(Used heavy wire for the rib cage, actually I used cut up clothes hangers, haha)
Starting to form the head out of foil, which is mostly held together with needles
got the head mostly done, I'm still undecided if I want to add teeth or not.
there's still a lot of work that needs to go into it, and I'll probably update this thread every now and then until completion.
Though it wooden base will be changed, because the one on now is just a place holder. I'll be getting a larger wooden base, that will have, what I guess I will call a channel, for the wireing to run through it. It will also be coated in a heavy black wood enamel.
Feedback is welcome, of course.
I'm making it out of super sculpey. I know some might think it would have been better to make this out of resin, but I don't think I have the funds or the skill to work with resin just yet.
Though what I'll be doing after I bake it, is I will be applying a coat of this stuff called Metal sculpt to it. It was a going away gift from my high school art teacher. And once polished and buffed it will look like it was made out of metal. I know it'd probably be easier to just have it bronzed or something, but I would like to use the gift my teacher gave me.
anyway, on to the pictures of it so far!
Basic Rig, which is made out of bendable plumbing pipes, and foil.
(Used heavy wire for the rib cage, actually I used cut up clothes hangers, haha)
Starting to form the head out of foil, which is mostly held together with needles
got the head mostly done, I'm still undecided if I want to add teeth or not.
there's still a lot of work that needs to go into it, and I'll probably update this thread every now and then until completion.
Though it wooden base will be changed, because the one on now is just a place holder. I'll be getting a larger wooden base, that will have, what I guess I will call a channel, for the wireing to run through it. It will also be coated in a heavy black wood enamel.
Feedback is welcome, of course.
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I love it
The whole thing has a very Geiger vibe to it, which is always a good thing in by book.
I've always wanted to get into more analog 3d stuff. Any suggestions for someone that's virtually never done it?
Slum,first off, I would say going with a polymer clay rather than earth clay. That is definently a personal prefrence. But I enjoy working with something that is virtually mess free, and doesn't need to have wet rags placed over it when you're done working on it for the day. Plus you don't need a kiln to bake it, just a normal oven.
Though just go to any art store around you, and get your self some sculpy or even better, some super sculpy. It's about $7 a box. And just play around with it. You know get a feel for it. I mean, it's fun just playing with it. Then start trying to make other forms with it.
The old nose bothered me, so I gave it a nose job. I also put more detail into the rib cage.
I'm hoping to bake it soon. It just fits in my oven!
also i wouldn´t put any teeth in there, i guess - it sort of freaks me out to picture this thing suck on something - swallowing half of the head of whatever it eats and sucking on it...really nice design though, i´d like one of those
And sorry, but I'm keeping this nose, I was bothered by the older nose, it just didn't have look I wanted, and since this a is a personal lamp...
n30 & Lio, You know, part of me wants to open up a custom furniture and light buisness in the future. I think it would be fun, and a decent source of revenue granted people want what I make, haha. Comments like those are very encouraging! Oh, and Lio, Braindead/Dead Alive? wonderful movie!
Rwolf, heh, if I had the technical abilities to make a rig with piots and such, then I would have, haha. You know the original concept called for the swtich to be the jaw. I wanted to make it so that when I closed the mouth the light turned off, and when opened, on. I had figured out what I would need to do, but I just didn't have the right supplies to do it, haha.
I hope you get a shot at doing some resin/fiberglass casts in art school. I took a modelmaking class for transportation design and I had a blast just messing around with all the different materials.
Oh, and Lio, Braindead/Dead Alive? wonderful movie!
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absolutely! kudos for noticing
Another update, I've shaped the base to look more like the Illium of a hip bone, and also extended the ribcage down a bit, Almost done! In fact I plan to finish it this week, I hope to bake it by tuesday. Sooner would be better. Tomorrow I'll be working on the wooden base.