The sculpture is almost finished at this point. I have fixed stainless steel bars (with holes for threaded lugs) to anchor the sculpture to the ground. I want to display the sculpture on natural ground. I don’t want any type of base. I think bases can be a distraction to work outside in many cases.

I had made many experiments with applying the image to the surface of the sculpture. I had first planned to embed the mesh direct in the Jesmonite but it didn’t seem a strong enough bond. So I embedded the mesh in epoxy resin instead. This gives the surface a bullet proof water proofing and seals…

The sculpture all together. Just touching the ceiling at 306cm tall. Hope the sections go through the studio door!

I had to put the sculpture together and take it apart many times through the making just to check the bolting joints were lining up properly.

These joints are all done now. They are the most important structural element of the sculpture. If these don’t align properly or are weak, then it would compromise the structure of the sculpture. The sculpture stands at 310cm so had to be strong….which they are. Next I will be doing some experiments with epoxy clear…

The last few days I have been casting in the bolting joints for where the four sections of the sculpture come together.

Starting to laminate the foam core with layers of hessian, glass fibre and water proof jesmonite. I am going for a 4 ply lamination and starting to pigment the jesmonite.

Using the mesh image print outs as templates, I have made the complete sculpture in lightweight 55mm high density foam board. This will act as an armature. The sculpture is standing at a little over 10ft or 3m. Just touching the ceiling of my studio.

These are the large format print outs I will be using for the sculpture. Each of these sections put together would create one large image. It is a photograph of a specific view point of a building. I have then used this image and cut and folded it, to create a new sculptural form. This…