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Friday, 26 October 2007

Francoise/week four

This is my last week with this pose - and I'm not really happy with it. I preferred it last week. The face is not looking good. I think I will simplify it next week. As ever, Paul managed to point out ways to take it forward - but I'm not sure I achieved them. It is OK , but I'd hoped it would be better than that. Tried pricking with a beading needle, but you could still see the holes on the outside, so I might just use an ordinary wire from the inside next week.


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Another Nicolas Widerberg torso that I really like

Nicolas Widerberg is Norwegian, exhibiting at Kings Place. I like his stone carvings

Roger de la Freysne 1911

Head of Robert Mallet-Stevens by Jan Martel in 1932 - wonderful head of French architect that we saw in the Musee d'Arte Decoratif in Paris

Matisse figure - and friend with similar arm!

Matisse - part of wonderful progression of backs, getting simpler and simpler

Lipschitz head

Jacques Lipschitz head

Some of the sculpture I have enjoyed over the summer. This is by Jacques Lipschitz (I think!)

I have signed up for next year. I feel I need a bit of a plan. I am disappointed with what I have achieved this year. I never quite seemed to recover from ruining Kat's head when I dropped it! Perhaps it is time for another head, or maybe I will try more details. Not sure.

Renata's hand - fired! I quite like it. Next term I think I will do more details. Easier to take home on the bus too!



Got Renata's hand out of the damp cloth and it was almost too soft! What a brilliant technique! I was then able to increase the width of her thigh and, with drastic surgery, completely reposition her thumb.

Apparently someone was admiring this in the kiln room and said to Paul 'do you think she knows it looks like an ear?' !!!

This is the fated, squashed head of Kat. It still makes me sad when I think what t was like before I dropped it!
When I unwrapped Renata's hand I found that it was a bit too dry to work with. Paul suggested I wrap it up in a damp cloth and leave it until next week. I would have doubted that it would work, but Shona unwrapped a head that was really pretty rock hard and had then been wrapped in damp cloths. It was almost workable and certainly will be next week. Good technique!

First day with a new, reclining pose. Paul pointed out that it is rather unusual to have a male reclining pose. I quite like it.

Long way to go with this one!

Hanuman is the monkey God. This statue was in a wonderful, open air museum in Gwalior in Northern India. He was one of many amazing pieces of stone, but he was probably my favourite and would look extraordinarily fine in the garden at Hamilton T!



head of Virginia Woolf

head of Virginia Woolf
This head was made in 1931 by Stephen Tomlin. It was made of lead. Must ask Paul about that, as it sounds unusual. It captures the essence of how I imagine Virginia Woolf to have been.

Liz Frink head of John Pope Hennessy

Liz Frink head of John Pope Hennessy
Each version of this head came complete with a pair of the sitter's specs! I didn't know Liz Frink had a sense of humour, but it is one way of getting round the problem of glasses!

Brancusi, head

Brancusi, head

Picasso, Fernande

Picasso, Fernande

Picasso, tete de femme

Picasso, tete de femme

Jacob Epstein, blond hair

Jacob Epstein, blond hair

Henri Laurens, head of girl

Henri Laurens, head of girl

A reclining figure by Anna Mahler

A reclining figure by Anna Mahler

Anna Mahler

Anna Mahler
This is a very moving sculpture by the Austrian daughter of Gustav Mahler. And it is clothed! Why do all sculptures have to be nude?

More about Anna Mahler

  • http://www.omnibus.co.yu/anna/content.htm

Matisse,reclining nude

Matisse,reclining nude

More by Henri Laurens

More by Henri Laurens


This was interesting, because it was a full length figure which broke before casting, so he adjusted it to become a torso.

Summer sculpture

Over the summer we stayed in southern California - where we visited several wonderful sculpture gardens. It would be so good if we had some in London. Sunshine helps, but it isn't essential for sculpture to look good outside. These are a few of my favourite pieces from the trip.

Francisco Zuniga

Francisco Zuniga

More about Francisco Zuniga

  • http://www.franciscozuniga.org/sculpture.html

Aristide Maillol

Aristide Maillol

Henri Laurens

Henri Laurens

Henry Moore

Henry Moore

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Statue of a Maharajah - and his friend

Statue of a Maharajah - and his friend

Ears from NPG for reference

Ears from NPG for reference

Eyes and noses from NPG for reference

Eyes and noses from NPG for reference

Eyes from NPG for reference

Eyes from NPG for reference

Eyes from the V&A for reference

Eyes from the V&A for reference

Francoise week three

Francoise week three

Wonderful location in UCLA sculpture garden for another Francisco Zuniga

Wonderful location in UCLA sculpture garden for another Francisco Zuniga