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m0rpheus — Singing In The Rain
Published: 2005-03-15 01:31:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1830; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 77
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As with most my other wire sculptures, this piece was done completely out of a single continuous piece of wire.
I did this sculpture last week. It had been raining for several days, and during a double free period at school, I was bored and thought it'd be most appropiate to make something inspired by the film "Singing In The Rain". I love that film. hehe
(Oh, and if you care to know... the wire starts at one corner of the lamp post light, and then after forming the outside of the lamp post, it forms the light bulb, then it comes down, swirls, forms the base, swirls to make the base a bit wider, then it comes down to form the base, and then swirls back up on the bottom part of the lamp post to become the man's left foot, which then goes up to form that leg, and then the other leg, then the torso, the right arm, then back to the shoulders, form the head, form the left arm, then out of it, an umbrella which extends up to form a cross of four wire "claws" that grab tightly to the plastic netting which is the cone that is the top of the umbrella.)
After the photo was taken, I took the liberty of "lighting up" the lamp post on PS. I think I did a decent job with it. I'm happy with how it turned out.
So do you likey?
ps:
Not relevant to sculpture whatsoever, but if you haven't seen the Gene Kelly Volkswagen (Singing In The Rain) car advert, you really, REALLY should.
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I don't speak english that good, so I can't express myself that good, but I really like this one...
It has that aura... makes me wanna smile and sing...
very good nad very positive
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Thank you.
You should see the movie that inspired me to make it. It's the best musical ever made!
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Magnificent sculpture; i love it. Did you know that they really sang in MILK? They needed an opaque liquid for better clarity, a tour guide someplace informed me. Funny idea. But i've never actually seen the film myself. It's a good thing everyone seems to like it though, or they might have wasted a whole lot of milk.
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Glad ya like it, and no, I didn't know that about the milk. Now that I think of it.. I always suspected there was something with the rain that (although realistic) was not quite natural.
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As usual wonderful work. PLEASE post the answer to "iambecoming" as a Journal. It provides a wonderful view of your art.
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Thank you!
And that's a pretty good idea, actually. I never use the journal 'cause I don't usually have anything too special to say, but I too believe my reply to iambecoming is "journal-worthy".
Journal posted .
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Well I hope you write many more, because it is excellent!
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By the way, I think I told you a while ago I was going to post this: [link]
It's up now!
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this is incredible, i love that movie and this piece is beautifully done. The light gives it a nice touch
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Thank you very much.
If you enjoyed this piece, be sure to check out my gallery, as I have made numerous other wire sculptures of the same caliber/quality.
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oh yeah, also wondering what u used to make the umbrella, it came out good...
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Good question...
For the umbrella I used a circular plastic netting which is, from what my Art teacher told me, used for sewing in a certain way. I basically made a cut on it, and turned it into a cone. I tied thin wire to the netting to make it stay in place and then I "grabbed" it with the four umbrella "claws" at the end of the sculpture.
I actually thought of doing the umbrella with wire, but I knew that it would look messy, regardless of my skill with this medium, and if I could find something that'd look "just right" then it would add a nice perfect touch to it.. and so I looked around and eventually found those circular plastic nettings.
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that's really cool, well done... i was wondering, do you have to plan everything out before you do it since you're only using one piece of wire or do you just go in with a general concept and improvise along the way? and if you do improvise are there ever any times when you are stuck and have to make a cut?
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Firstly.. no, I never plan, ever.
Before I start, I already know in my head how it's gonna be. I find it pretty easy. I don't really think much.. it's like I just know.
I dare say it's a bit like writing "joined up". Most people when they write by hand, they do it letter by letter, but some (such as me) write "joined up" -- there's a term for it, but I forgot what it is --, and well, doing my continuous wire sculptures is much like joined up writing. There's barely any intensive thinking.. I know how to work wire just like I know how to write words. (When you write you don't plan how you're gonna write each word, do you? You just do it.. you just "know". -- Well it's the same thing with my sculptures. I just "know", somehow.) --- Mind you, I have been doing these things for like three years now, and I assure you that my first sculptures weren't as cool as the ones I make nowadays. I have improved over time. Nowadays, I really feel like I could do a wire sculpture of anything I wanted, really. You name it, and I'm sure I could do it. (For instance, the other day I made a "piano man" sculpture for a female friend's birthday, who studies piano, and I hadn't done a piano -- or any other complex inanimate object, really -- before, but it still turned out like a neat piano.)
This may sound a little cocky/big-headed, but I really feel like I could do anything with my wire and pliers. I really do. (and I love it, hehe.)
So anyway, going back to your question about planning sculptures beforehand.. Friends of mine have tried to think of how to do continuous wire sculptures, and failed, from which I can only assume others seem to find much difficulty in doing what I do without planning, and considering everyone gives me a huge WOW (or a WOAH) whenever I mention how a particular complex sculpture was all done out of a single piece of continuous wire, I would say I have a talent for it.
So in fewer words.. no, I never plan.. I suppose you could say I improvise along the way, since I don't plan.. if I'm copying something, for instance, for the flamingo sculpture, I'll go to Google Images and look up pics of flamingos to get a feel or their proportions and overall shape, and that's all the reference I'll have/need.
A possibly interesting fact.. when doing humanoids or creatures/animals, I use their body parts as references for their dimensions. It depends on what body part of the creature I do first. For instance, for the flamingo I first did its head, and then I looked at one of my reference pics and counted roughly how many heads its neck would be long, and then used that as a measurement for my sculpture. Or if I'm doing a human, almost everything but the hands can act as a reference. For instance.. if I first make the head.. I know that from shoulder to elbow there is just slightly more than a head, and also from shoulder to elbow, it's the same length as from elbow to wrist, and from elbow to end of the tips of your fingers, it's the same as length as from your hips to a knee, and that is the same length as your knee to your ankle, and from your ankle to your big toe, there is roughly a hand in length, making the full foot length about a hand and a half. And for the torso, you just bare in mind that if you extend your sculpture's arms down, the wrists should be just slightly below the level of the hips. And as you can see, basically you can use any body part as your "measure" to get a sculpture that seems to have correct proportions. (That's my secret to humanoids with humanly correct proportions, hehe.)
And lastly, there's never a time when I get stuck and have to make a cut. There's always a workaround. I'm already used to it and I can deal with any problems of that matter as I know my way around most (if not all) wire-related issues that could arise. When I first started I had doubts as to how to achieve some things sometimes, but I figured out my way in the end. Anyway, that was many years ago. Nowadays I don't have problems.
And I think that concludes this post reply.
(Woah, that's one long comment reply. Hopefully I've adressed your questions fully, if not a bit too much. lol)
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Hey, well remembered my password! I think this is remarkable, as is your skill with this method. I should hate you, for how good you are at everything. You ever had someone come along who wasnt perfect, but seemed perfect, at everything and was just so much better.
Envy. Terrible. But don't worry, you're still my friend.
Excellent work.
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Aww that's really creative!
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