Sculptor Does A Little Dance!
I did a little dance when I dropped off the molds for Jenna. It was a long process and the studio is a mess. I will be picking up her waxes at the end of this week.
Richard Hathaway
Meanwhile I was able to take some pictures of Dick Hathaway, or at least pieces of him that have gone through the dip process. They are a bit different than the last pictures of the head. 
Quite a shell around those wax pieces. If you have followed documentation process before you will note that inside these shells are the waxes. On Thursday the wax will be burned out of these shells until only a cavity remains. The molten bronze will be carefully poured within that cavity. The pour is scheduled for Thursday. I hope to get some good video footage of it for the upcoming video. I just love to watch a pour! There is something very entrancing about that glow!
I have posted the first video of the Dick Hathaway project before, but for those just joining us here it is again.
Jenna
Now for the explanation of the Jenna pictures. This is the same process that Dick Hathaway went through. Not for the faint of heart.
STEP ONE
The sculpture was divided up into sections to make it easier to create a mold and make it easier to cast. It is hard to believe that you go through all of the work to get the sculpture perfect and then have to cut it up. 
STEP TWO
a white clay is used to make a seam around Jenna, otherwise referred to as “claying up” The seam is strategically placed to facilitate pulling the mold, and waxes that will come out of the mold.
STEP THREE
wax is brushed on coat after coat and then a mother mold of plaster. Once this is done the sculpture is flipped, the white clay taken off leaving that wonderful cream colored rubber. Mold release is sprayed on the rubber so that it will come apart and the entire other side is coated with rubber and plaster. Oh my the plaster make a mess. 
STEP FOUR
when the mold is complete the original art is pulled from the mold, the mold is cleaned, but together for the foundry and shipped off, then the artist does a little happy dance in the foundry parking lot, just prior to going to lunch with a friend. A sculpture that went from conception to mold in 18 days. No wonder I am tired, but still dancing.