Third week with model Robert. Had to look carefully at the scale today. Head and chest too big for the legs. Needed some drastic surgery.
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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!
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
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
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
Picasso, Fernande
Picasso, tete de femme
Jacob Epstein, blond hair
Henri Laurens, head of girl
A reclining figure by 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?
Matisse,reclining nude
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.
Francisco Zuniga
Aristide Maillol
Henri Laurens
Henry Moore
Statue of a Maharajah - and his friend
Ears from NPG for reference
Eyes and noses from NPG for reference
Eyes from NPG for reference
Eyes from the V&A for reference
Francoise week three
Wonderful location in UCLA sculpture garden for another Francisco Zuniga
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