Figurative sculpture
Émotion
"The transition to emotion is a total modification of "being-in-the-world" according to the very particular laws of magic."
"Le modèle, c'est le foyer de mon énergie."
"The model is the focus of my energy."
Any creation can (and it is desirable!) Generate an emotion induced by the Object which is created.
When the means of expression is volume, the material used can be either rough, arduous, surly (direct carving, some would say "real sculpture") or tender, supple, sensual (modeling). It is also possible to use the assembly of different materials or pre-existing objects.
Personally, it is the modeling of clay that is most conducive to the birth of an emotion, because immediate, reversible, accessible to trial and error.
But the modeling is generally not a finality even if the "work" is present and the tangible emotion. The tasks which will follow will make it possible to make this work durable, persistent and thus to keep the emotion intact (it is a strong hope ...).
Techniques
- sometimes, documentary research,
- sketches in charcoal, and / or directly in clay,
- clay modeling (clay or other modeling clay),
- plaster mold (possibly supplemented with silicone elastomer),
- copy in plaster (or other material),
- wax copy for bronze printing,
- copy in clay for firing (stamping of the plaster mold or recess of the clay modeling),
- composition of various materials (wood, plaster, etc.).