I am painting the surface of the foam with a layer of hot wax. This serves two purposes, it will seal and strengthen the foam, and it also provides a better surface for the clay to adhere to.
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- Clay is being applied to the surface.
- Foam is coated with wax and ready for clay to be a...
- Painting the foam with a layer of hot wax.
- Back veiw of the Bean Pods.
- Pods in the studio all together with 1" steel pipe...
- Ready to be untaped.
- Pod is glued and held together with duct tape whil...
- Pieces are stacked waiting to be glued together.
- Cutting the pieces apart.
- Finished shaping ready to be cut apart and assembled.
- Parts are roughed out waiting to be refined.
- Outlines are taking shape.
- Bean Pods starting to appear.
- Foam ready for cutting.
- Cutting table is prepped and ready for foam.
- Bean Pods cut into slices and laid out as they wil...
- Bean Pods cut into slices and laid out as they wil...
- 3-D scan veiws created in the computer
- Laser Scanning one of the pods
- Original Sculpture entitled Bean Pods
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