Saturday, July 12, 2014

A bit of a set back

over the past few months I have been working on two new sculptures using an apoxie clay. I tend to wait for the clay to cure before I carve it using a dremmel. As a result of its rigid body, when the clay is cure it is much more resistant to breaking. 
yesterday I was vacuuming out my studio area, the dremmel produces a lot of dust and shavings. In my attempt to get every bit of apoxie particles out of the carpet, I brushed the temporary mount that my flying robot was drying on. Hearing a crash I turned around to see the piece had fallen to the floor....I can't describe how frustrated I was with myself for being so careless as to allow the vacume hose to knock over this piece.
Three arms were damaged in this unfortunate even, all will have sections that require me to resculpt and color match the paint.
overall this project has been a re-introduction to sculpting , so my time spent remembering my skills I use to once have quite refined has been a challenge. With set backs it's hard to stick to this piece getting completed. I mean, I was giving it a first clear coat when it was knocked over in between drying periods. GRRROOAR (it sounds like the appropriate noise to make at this point and time) 
I must press forward! and in my persistence through the creation of this piece I have made improvements.