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<\/a><\/p>\nThe second series will be titled \u201cFossilized Remains of Imaginary Creatures\u2019.\u00a0 I will be inventing as many imaginary creatures as I can and writing histories for them.\u00a0 This series will also be many sculptures and drawings, and perhaps maps, detailing where these creatures lived, if they\u2019re still living, or if they\u2019ve gone extinct.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a quick sketch I did of the first one:<\/p>\n
It’s based on a dream my girlfriend had (Jana is a great sculptor and you can see some of her work at janastockwell.com). The creature must either consume human flesh or wear it in order to survive.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve just started sculpting a skeletal structure for the first creature.\u00a0 It’s still in a very early and rough stage:<\/p>\n My plan is to sculpt the figure in Super Sculpey and bake it.\u00a0 Once the pieces are hard I can lay them into softer oil based clay to form the rock they were discovered in.\u00a0 After that I\u2019ll make a mold and cast them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The new year is fast approaching and I wanted to relate what I\u2019d like to work on in 2011.\u00a0 I have two series in mind, one will include the sculpture \u2018Two Figures Pulling Apart\u2019, which will come under the rubric \u2018GESTATE\u2019.\u00a0 I plan on doing a number of sculptures and drawings, and possibly a video … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n