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Published: 2016-08-08 17:09:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 2298; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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2016
Around 24cm tall
Wire, clay, acrylic, pigment powder, wood
This piece was a further extension of the Foals Rush In series. I am still trying to work through the ideas that that collection started and taking it a step further. With this piece I really strove to make the wire armature very gestural; almost "sketching" with the wire in 3D.Β
I want to make more of these in future, and I look forward to seeing how they evolve.
You can see more pictures Β on my website.
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Exquisite piece! I just adore your sculptures. 
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Thank you! I had such a hard time painting this one. Next time I think there will be much less paint. 
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You're welcome! 
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Wow - what a great piece of art! You managed to capture a sketch feel in clay - that is awesome! I really lover everything about it: the concept, the colours, the pose. Most definately gonna watch your gallery to see more of your work.
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Thank you very much!Β Β
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Thats a neat way to think of things, sketching in 3D. But then again you can sculpt horses, I can really only get half good drawings, nowhere near the dimension your on...
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Aw, thanks! It all comes from practice. I used to draw potato-like horses with stubby little feet
I also almost always either end up throwing out at least one finished or partially worked on sculpture for every one that becomes a final one. This particular sculpture is the second version because the first one just didn't have the flow. On other sculptures I will sculpt an area, but then cut it away and re-sculpt several times until it feels right. I think I've probably thrown away as much clay as I have made into final pieces.
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That's quite a lot of clay, but I've wawsted probably the same amount of paper and ink. Horses aren't exactly the easiest subject in art in general in all forms. ( depending on amout of practice and skill )
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A lot of people agree that horses are difficult in terms of anatomy. I think that people are way harder, but that's just because I've been drawing/making horses for years and years
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I could agree that people are difficult to draw, but I guess anything can be difficult to draw if don't know how to start.
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