Project Kelpie

My, how time flies when you're having fun!
It's almost 3 months since I graduated and happy to say I've had little time to myself.
Finding a spare minute between jobs, I figured I'd get some sculpting time and try a material I haven't had much experience with -
hello Super Sculpey!!

Smallville - The end of a decade of super drama

The suit is revealed..

After 10 successful seasons of Smallville.. trailer here.
 
Clark's finally got the geek glasses on and donned the blue suit.

Gradshow preparation pt2

I  ♥ cardboard!

With all the locations painted and decorated we had time to work on our personal stand in the 'gallery'.
Below are images of our bar area.

 

The Counterweight Bar - get it?

Gradshow - Preparation pt 1

Finally on the last 11 week term at the Academy and time to prepare our Showcase.

This gives us a chance to invite professionals and display our hard work over the last three years.
W've been plannnng this event since November last year and now it's time to put in the hard work and see it all come together.

The Intestines

I must admit, when Gary asked me to start work on the large intestines, I had the fear! :D
It's a good fear though, it aids in the journey to achieve as high a standard as possible.
The large intestines fit over the right upper corner of the small intestines and loops across to the left corner. I had to make a piece that would fit around the small intestines, yet not obstruct any drawers - both stomach and small intestine drawers. The large intestines also had a unique pattern and finished under the intestines at the rectum.
A wee challenge methinks!

The Human Model - Pancreas

After work was complete on the mouth sculpt, I started  work creating an large oversized pancreas model. The brief suggested that it should be a box with a lid to place keys inside. It also requested that the model should show the pancreatic duct which was a prominent feature of the pancreas.

The Human Model - The Mouth and Stomach

My friend Gary asked me to help him with his commission to make a larger than life model of a human gastrointestinal tract.
It was a piece for a scientific educational company to allow them to tour round schools and decribe the workings of our bodies to the children. The brief explained the dimensions they wanted and decribed certain workable areas. SceneEngineering were employing us to do the commission and I spent 2 weeks working in their workshop carving bowels out of polystyrene.

Paintcall no.3 - The Final Countdown.

To-do list - check  √ 

We arranged a third and final paintcall before the show had it's first dress rehearsal. There were a few last minute touch ups needed.
With to-do list in one hand and brush in the other, my merry team set out to make the set of Albert Herring look as good as it possibly could :D

Paintcall no.2 - The floor

Today was the day we got to paint a giant doily on the floor as part of the floor design for Albert Herring.

Paintcall no. 1 - The Back Wall

Happy with my hard hat on!

The hard hats were on!
Time for the first paintcall for Albert Herring and we were painting a skyline on the back wall.