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RE: Medusa, the subversion of the Triple-Moon Goddess, and #metoo
Very impressed by your article. I learned a lot and also holding much inspiration for me. Your sculpture is an amazing piece of art. I love how the natural structure of the wood supports so much the vision you had. I am not into working with wood, but I think it needs a lot of planning to integrate the natural structure of the wood so perfect like you did!!! Thank you very much for sharing!
Thank you so much!
You are right, it is not easy to get a non-block piece of wood to fit the needs of a figurative sculpture. I'm glad someone noticed =p
It's a very very slow process of peeling away layers and trying to get a feel for what lies underneath. Maple burl is a very hard wood so it requires a lot of work to get detail and finish out of it, and very careful movements, because there is no way to patch up a surface that you damage! Then again, there are people who are far more skilled at wood carving than I am and who could probably do it a lot quicker and with better results =p
Usually burl wood, due to its extreme hardness and swirling grain movements, is used for turning on lathes or else slabbed and polished to show off the natural beauty. However this also means chopping off a lot of the burl and losing a lot of its natural movement and variety. So, my goal was to retain as much of the piece of wood's natural movement while still striving for a polished end result.