25 October 2009

Moving out of my studio

My exit from this studio is imminent and I am not planning to rent another place. Concentrating on video work for the foreseeable future this last couple of months will see me making a conceited effort to run down my stock of materials, complete all the unfinished sculptures and prepare them for safe storage and transportation.

Kate

After my disasterous attempt at making a 2 part split mould recast this project went into the cupboard for a long time.  I now return to work on it. The release agent I had used catastrophically failed, causing the gel coat to bond with the surface. So here it is after about 5 hours of chipping off bits of resin and wet-n-dry'ing it to bring the surface back to a smooth finish. I now plan NOT to recast the torso but instead work directly into it. I shall not give away any more details about this project but I am very excited about it.  I am even keeping the eventual title a secret, referring to this as Kate Silverton (working title).  The next time you see it this will be finished and hopefully on exhibition.