tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post2631379426916472551..comments2023-10-21T05:56:16.979-07:00Comments on Mold Breaker: Red Wax Bust of a YogiMr Goodsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990879366082004882noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-65529205276824626722013-07-18T09:10:26.822-07:002013-07-18T09:10:26.822-07:00Ha!!Ha!!<br>Davis Chinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168954208679712542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-10048788642458819072013-07-18T08:32:46.767-07:002013-07-18T08:32:46.767-07:00It's bloody well transcendent!It's bloody well transcendent!MrGoodson2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02329640961760572269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-18847634465509524702013-07-18T06:50:39.087-07:002013-07-18T06:50:39.087-07:00He does not look like Michael Caine. Maybe the vag...He does not look like Michael Caine. Maybe the vague-est of resemblances in the third shot, but nothing I would have ever noticed on my own.Tom Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624247648988106639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-85420505919362377552013-07-17T21:47:48.439-07:002013-07-17T21:47:48.439-07:00It looks great and I'm glad you still have the...It looks great and I'm glad you still have these sort of commissions. Art that will outlive us a thousand years.MrGoodson2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02329640961760572269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-18310041976883502252013-07-17T21:46:32.969-07:002013-07-17T21:46:32.969-07:00You could do worse than look like Michael Caine. Y...You could do worse than look like Michael Caine. Your eye for features wouldn't let you drift into anything too off the mark. That means the guy had some resemblance to Caine.MrGoodson2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02329640961760572269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-84859155588069359482013-07-17T21:12:44.142-07:002013-07-17T21:12:44.142-07:00@ Jim & Tom: Yes, I did the original piece, to...@ Jim & Tom: Yes, I did the original piece, too (back in 2005--how time flies). <br><br>The original mold, however, got destroyed at the foundry, so we made another mold (cost: about $2,000), and from this new mold we pulled a new wax. The new wax will be used to make a second bronze...but, alas! We made the second mold, pulled a new wax, but I was not completely happy with it...besides, I wanted to improve some aspects of the original bust, (which looked great when <i>it</i> was in wax form, but lost some of that "life spark" in the bronze), so I spent the last couple weeks futzing with this second wax. All in order to make this second bronze...As. Good. As. Possible.<br> <br>And now it looks like Michael Caine.Davis Chinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168954208679712542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-63610825074509921152013-07-17T18:37:10.595-07:002013-07-17T18:37:10.595-07:00They just recast the bronze and make a new mold fr...They just recast the bronze and make a new mold from a new wax impression. Saw this. Very nice and very HEAVY. Marty did a great job.JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00933388562235700421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-4181183124760326322013-07-17T17:24:58.395-07:002013-07-17T17:24:58.395-07:00So you did the original also? And you have to do a...So you did the original also? And you have to do a new wax sculpture for every new bronze? You can get a mold off the original somehow?Tom Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624247648988106639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-71579460455313151422013-07-17T16:29:51.712-07:002013-07-17T16:29:51.712-07:00Thanks dudes!The subject of this bust is the found...Thanks dudes!<br><br>The subject of this bust is the founder of the Self Realization Fellowship ("Swami's" in Encinitas). His name is Paramahansa Yogananda (checked spelling...and corrected it). He died back in the 50's, so I sculpted this from photos. <br><br>He went through a lot of physical changes over the years, so I tried to come up with a "meta" appearance that tied together the doe-eyed youth, the chubby middle age, and the leaner, later years (you can do a Goog image search and see what I mean). The people who commissioned it are really happy--and so are the brothers who run the retreat where this bust is being sent (or so I am told).<br><br>I'll be sure to post the finished bronze when it's done, but for some reason the bronze never lives up to the promise of the wax (at least not in my experience). I ust be doing something wrong....Davis Chinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168954208679712542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-6241801802262017202013-07-17T13:50:44.549-07:002013-07-17T13:50:44.549-07:00And I didn't even notice his black eye, what w...And I didn't even notice his black eye, what with the terrible sunburn problem he has.Tom Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624247648988106639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-20884265359321609602013-07-17T13:17:15.462-07:002013-07-17T13:17:15.462-07:00Yeah, incredible Marty. What is the yogi's nam...Yeah, incredible Marty. What is the yogi's name and who is commissioning it?Tom Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624247648988106639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-41322007743397108272013-07-17T13:08:24.958-07:002013-07-17T13:08:24.958-07:00Awesome sculpture, Marty!Awesome sculpture, Marty!Surly Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577852160598674926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-25765528848133168212013-07-17T11:49:39.428-07:002013-07-17T11:49:39.428-07:00p.s. he looks like he has a black eye because the ...p.s. he looks like he has a black eye because the wax I used to build up his orbicularis oris was a darker color. OOF!Davis Chinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168954208679712542noreply@blogger.com