Greg Delaunay Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 here the beginning of a carving... wish me good luck, I will ask your help if I have problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ford hallam Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Now that`s what I like to see. It already looks rather appealing, I look forward to seeing more as you progress, Greg. salut, Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Hooray! Waiting to see more. With each hour, the hesitancy you had about 3-D carving must be evaporating. This looks already great! Janel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 I think you have observed correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Bonham Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Great beginning! Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 thank you very much for your encouragements! but I am a little afraid for the face and the hands, as in drawing, they are always the most difficult things to make... I think you have observed correctly. Yes! I waited to have a truth model to start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 ok, I feel better, but there is again a lot of work... so much time! the scrimshaw is nothing compared with the carving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Bonham Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Greg, If your sculpture is half as good as your scrimshaw it will be fantastic. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Wow, Greg. Fantastic first carved face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 hem, coming from you, it is very pleasant to hear! ....but the photography of the carving is better than the carving himself! A good light effect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Is not the effect of light and shadow a big part of what makes sculpture what it is? You are carving the lights and shadows in a wonderful way! Carving takes lots of time but only as much as it needs. As you grow through your first sculptural pieces, the decisions and actions should flow more easily. (one always hopes for that, anyway) She is very beautiful already! Thank you for sharing her emergence with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwolf Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 hem, coming from you, it is very pleasant to hear!....but the photography of the carving is better than the carving himself! A good light effect... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> really nice form, cooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Is not the effect of light and shadow a big part of what makes sculpture what it is? ...well...yes it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergey_osipov Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Very nice, Greg! Really beautiful form!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 ...and the curves are coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Palm Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 It's looking GREAT! Rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 well, here is the beginning. Now I must carving the hair (I'll go read again the post about that, 2 or 3 hours of translation !) and after, polishing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Bonham Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Greg, WOW! Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekrem Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 well, here is the beginning. Now I must carving the hair (I'll go read again the post about that, 2 or 3 hours of translation !) and after, polishing... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Greg, I'm just an astounded viewer! All I can say is she is beautiful . Anxious to see your next carving! Best Regards dagistanli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 thank you but let me finish her first! and there is again a lot of work , because sh's only a part of the "sculpture". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ford hallam Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Morning Greg, thanks for letting us see your work as you progress. This has previously been discussed on TCP so I think it safe to say that most, if not all of your "viewers" well appreciate you extending yourself in this way. Sensitive work of this nature is naturally intensely intimate and personal. Thank you again for letting us in. I also wanted to know how you went about preparing to "do" the actual carving, what kind of preparitory drwings, studies etc you make, do you make a model in wax or clay, indeed how much drawing or other preparitory work do you do? I apologise if I am intruding too much, if so, please ignore my enquiry. appreciative regards, Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Delaunay Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 thank you very much Ford, I never had any secrets about what I did, my only limits here are the translation in English! This is my first test of sculpture, and for the preparations, I initially made drawings of the final project, to find the idea general, then I made more precise drawings. But I found it too much "flat", then I found... a true model! I made photographs of a girl, while turning around her (I can't show there ) and I remakes drawings with line to mark the various heights. then I put the drawings, face and profile, on the ivory lump, and cut with the bandsaw. and after...eletric tools for the rough work, and handmade tool for the the fine work... I hope you'll understand all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ford hallam Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Thanks for your response Greg, I had imagined that you must have prepared like this. Good drawing is obviously so very important, something I`m not terribly good at myself. So you managed to get a live model to pose for you...hmm, now that might encourage me to draw more, i wonder if my wife will let me regards, Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Greg, What a beautiful transition you have made from scrimshaw to sculptural work! It seems to be a natural and good step for you to take! Thank you for speaking about your preparations. You are fortunate to have found a willing and lovely model. Ford, Why not draw your wife, or perhaps a women marked by life? One of my favorite sculptures, at the Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, is by Auguste Rodin: She Who Was Once The Helmet-Maker's Beautiful Wife, in bronze, its largest measurement is less than 20 inches. "Auguste Rodin's extreme realism climaxed in this sculpture of a naked, aging courtesan contemplating her past beauty, wealth, and power. The sculpture was originally intended for his unfinished, monumental "Gates of Hell." Read more... We admire the beauty in an aged and insect damaged leaf, why do we not also admire the aged and changed bodies of our own images? It is not so easy a subject, but there is beauty and a poingnant quality to recognize and interpret. There is a challenging thought for this day, Janel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ford hallam Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Hi Janel, actually, I do use my wife as a model for life drawing, she`s more than happy to lounge immobile for any length of time , good thing she does`nt read my posts. as for women " marked by time", well.... I get bored with drawing all those wrinkles as always, Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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