Here is a piece that complements well the Latest one I have done called ''Starflower emerging from Lillypad'', I needed to create something that wouldn't be matching the prehistoric collection, of which I try and make atleast 10 of one kind before moving off into another area. But the areas are sometimes blurred as for instance the ''Turtalius Barnaclius'' and ''Levi the Leviathan'' being mythical creatures, or biblical creatures. I found that I was going to create something with this one that was merely going to be about a heavenly object that showed some movement towards the religious aspect of things. I am very much interested in seeing what comes when I concentrate on putting my mindset away from the interest of objects with facial parts as if you don't change theme, then you sometimes get bogged down.
Here you see the sketch that was the first initial stage to showing how the piece was then moulded around a thought of something to do with the wings of an angel. For instance the wings of the angel Michael. I often walked past a picture of Michael defeating the dragon on the 'St Michaels and All Angels' that is on route as a walk goes for me, often when visiting certain friends. I was very pleased to be able to get this idea, as it seemed perfect for me to study something like this other than insects, animals, humans or other objects. A wing takes us up into the air, where we then have our minds moving to places outside the realm of earth. To be content with this idea, I could very much consider other ideas focusing on other winged shapes, maybe having an angel as well part of the wing. I could very well create a two winged version of this the next time. I am considering this idea sprung to mind, just now and was not anything at all in mind, but during analysis, the mind often procures the next stages of a production yet to be.
The round part in the sketch is was was worked on first, this is where I held the sculpture, if you turned it round you can see clearly that it resembles something of the sketch. The camera, allows too much light to blink off the stone, however I am still satisfied with other angles one gets a good idea of the stone, the ridges on the edges are meant to give the wing a cloud like appearance.
I really like this pose, it almost looks like the winged part of ''Flash gordon'' on the earlier version of Flash. If you imagine his head, having this on it. It causes one to see the image of some creature fast in motion, whizzing off. I do feel if that is the case, in this piece, perhaps other subtle reasons emerge as to how many different analytical thought processes decidely made me nod ''yes'' in favour of producing this. For instance, could it be, I zoom down hill often on my bike, fast as I can, could it be, yes I often found myself running a great deal and doing a lot of zooming round town, did I love ''Flash Gordon'' - Yes!!, did I love wings, was I studying birds as well prior to thinking of making a whole lot of bird sculptures in the future - yes. So a whole load of ideas are built together and the idea of concerning yourself with choosing to go ahead, can be just the satisfaction of atleast perhaps 10 things that make the artist smile inside and just go ahead and produce the piece. The grey areas are where I used the ruffler to continue to sand down the piece and make it as good as I could in being smooth. The orange texture was the higher up, more rough and varied texture about to be sanded.
Here is a side of the piece that shows it is quite a chunky piece it really does need a lot of work in being made more sanded and there is so much more work needed when there is a bit more money to sand it down, with wet and dry paper.
Here I am feeling quite satisfied with the piece coming through slowly. I have my glasses squiffy as I feel I had been too impatient to show quite a happy look of contentedness when something like this materialised as a result of being restful for a moment earlier and assuring myself that wings are such a good muse to work on. I can follow parts of creatures and also make abstract beginnings when I have studied and worked on many different areas of each creature. It then gives the good followers of my work a good understanding of what such and such a thing is, when I consider gaining a good following with audience members. I just seem content working away like a beaver. However I don't think beavers are too content chiselling at stones and more barges.
Here is a good example of the arabic look of jagged edges that is emerging as a result of me feeling that this sort of design just seemed more promising than just keeping the clouded look happening 3 times over before the edge of a very rounded clouded edge appears. It shows that there is a jagged edge that might imply a look of a heart monitor with a scintillation curve, or it could be a oscillation curve of showing the earthquakes that happen on a oscillation monitor showing a certain rictor scale, it could be an arabic writing on some piece of art that might imply some over illustrative art that doesn't quite seem simple for any arabic person, except those with exquisite eye to study it. Ofcourse if I had made the study of arabic in my life, it would definitely be arabic writing instead of just jaggedy lines, that is also a possibility in future.
I do love the look of the jaggedy edges made with a 4mm chisel, it is a lot of time and effort done in doing this, perhaps 2 or 3 hours, although Im going to do more work on it soon. And much later perhaps January next year I shall be glazing a lot of the pieces with paraffin spray to spray the wax, and make it thinly applied to get the look of something constantly shining, this will definitely please me, the look of every shadow emerging ever so much more prominently.
I see why I chose the jaggedy edge it was a reminder that somehow Levi the Leviathan, had crept into the piece from a reminder of my previous work and how gratified I had been it had been a good success. It seems though that I am absolutely itching to get them out there for people to see them. However the West Pier isnt a great place to do it, as people can't afford to buy them there. So I shall consider some other venues in future. Just need to keep going round and asking cafes perhaps, or just asking around in museums if my work might be placed there in art galleries. It does involve getting a number of them done though and also making sure to make something written about them, a long time before hand to be able to make a portfolio that will make the work so much more appealing.
Two fingers on the work show that the lines for each curve on the edge of the work, is roughly the size of two and a half fingers that will make the curves significantly wide enough that they don't look too slim, the curves. The interesting thing is geussing how it might work both for myself in being satisfactory as well as the viewer. I believe more lines than were constructed here, would have ruined the piece.
Somehow the way the piece is shown here, does make the piece feel like it has some swift quality, that it could ''zoom'' off, if the person imagined the wing had flight. It is indeed quite well done to be liked enough here and to be thought of as a ''wing''.
I like the fact you see quite well the curls on the axis part of the wing, where the wing belongs to the body. It shows that somehow there are a lot of tufts near the armpit of the creature or angel. It is however more for show, the curls and other patterns to show a creature that is somehow with many shapes that depict a great deal of wisdom or a great deal of power, on its body, if there is more to the wing, than just a feathery look. It is up to the viewer to look at the patterns and perhaps imagine better constructive thoughts than what I wrote here. It is indeed an idea of aztecian shapes that somehow give the creature extra powers, so it is lightly touching this aspect too.
If you look I like the fact the wing has almost a construction of a toe here, it is not completely straight on the edge and there is a good look of contrast between my arm, the tools around, the angles and so on. So much going on here.
The underside was an experimentation showing the curls and the idea of creating some lines through them through the base of the archangels wing. It is important also however that I definitely keep going ahead with sanding down the bottom.
Here is a good look of added parts that are now showing the little curls just near to the large ones. The Large ones almost seem like pacmans that appear to almost want to eat into other aspects of the piece. The jaggedy edge has been etched out more, the upward ''v''s near the bottom of the piece are like simple seagull scribbles, the upward curls like seawave, just above the jaggedy edge give the piece a separation between the jaggedy fiery part and the idea of a sea element to it, so it involves a lot of parts to it, they all make the wing, seem much more interesting in its entirety than me leaving the space between the jaggedy parts and the cloud like outer part kept smooth surface. I am pleased, the imagination went further to make more appear here.
This picture complements my argument that the extra constructive shapes were a good additional idea to the piece. Although much more etching is needed. I feel that I am always improving with this pieces. I often find time to visit my sculpting man, who lives close by who sells me the stones. He does often find time to talk and so in doing so the sculptures then furthermore get developed and blocks in my mind as to how to progress do not hinder me.
Almost when looking at the outside edge of the cloud like formation of the wing, I see that they almost appear like fissures the moments between each cloud round part.
Below shows a really good look of the strange curly parts that somehow almost appear like odd ''pacman's'', who might eat the other parts of the sculpture. They almost appear as if they might fight eachother and are doing so at all moments.
Here is the finished product of Levi as he reached his final stage. So that the wing might appear angelic in its right to being a wing almost considered part of cloud and part of Heavens above that forged it.
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