Study of an Angel

Sculpture in progress

My new sculpture

My new sculpture, couldn't wait to share it with you guys, it was a very nice project and hard to make it took me couple of months, now i will dry it for one month then cook it, will share the final touches after cooking  ;)

 

 Sculpting is not only making shapes for me it is like creating a 3 dimensional poem 

 "I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free " Michelangelo

The Golden Buddha

Finally managed to put to final touch of my Golden Buddha that i finished last year but didn't have the time to cook it, when looking at my choice, why Buddha,I thought after the last 2 i have done, wanted to choose something less rebellious in its expressions and its meaning, but as much as easy it seems, the Buddha sculptures are considered classic, it is a bit hard to make, it took several month to make, but i am happy with the results and the Zen sensation that it can give while looking at it

 

my version of Buddha cooked ready for coloring 

  

I decided for this time not to oxidize the sculpture so I only used a base golden color 

Study of Jean-batiste Carpeaux sulpture

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May11,1827-October 12,1875) was a French sculptor and a painter, his early studies were under Francois Rude.

one of my favorites work done by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is known as the  " Fontaine des Quatre Parties du monde, "  the four parts of the world. Embodied by its female figures representative of  Europe, Asia, Africa and America, twisting their bodies to turn the sphere also called " Fontaine de l'Observatoire "

This monumental fountain is  located south of the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was dedicated in 1874

you can also see another version of it in the Musée d'Orsay,


for my studies i have chosen one of the figures of this great sculpture, it took many months to finish but i really enjoyed working on it, after cooking it i decided to give it the Patina green effect, so i used gilded gold base coat and then applied the green Patina

La Maseillaise of Francois Rude

I always admired the work of Francois Rude a french sculptor , so i have chosen as theme to study  " la Marseillaise " one of the four main sculptures of the monument "Arc de Triomphe " made by Rude that is also called " Le Départ de 1792 "

The original sculpture by Rude

,you can  also see it in the Louvre Museum 

and here is my version of this sculpture

My Sculptures -Model Vivant

Here is my contemporary style nude sculpture, the idea i had in mind is not the perfect body yet to distort it and to exaggerate certain aspects of it.

My Sculptures - Les trois Grâces

 Les trois Grâces

The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble,by Antonio Canova’s
 they are the mythological three charites, daughters of Zeus that represents beauty, charm and joy.
 many versions of the 3 graces was done by many artists and  painter.

and here is my version of it ,i choose to redo the three Grace in sculpture ,and see how far i can reach ,it was a great experience ,took me about 9 hours to finish it ,and now waiting for 15 days so that i can cook it ,but couldn't wait to share it so here are some photos .

and here is the final touch