I arrived in Brisbane on the 11th December and have hit the floor running. I've been working with the busy little bees at UAP to get the sculpture under way. Below is the most recent render of the sculpture, alongside one of the guys who is putting the sculpture together. I must give Jurko (pronounced yurko) a lot of the credit for his pattern making skills. Styrofoam is being used for the form making and then it will be cast in aluminium with an intimately textured surface referencing the moreton bay fig tree trunk textures and leaves.
The buds that i have been working on this week (pictured above in wax) will be cast bronze and fibre optics will be travelling through the sculpture to provide the light source to them.
The overall sculpture is going to be measuring approx 8m tall and 2m wide. A scale i have yet to fathom. It is a very exciting process!
The overall sculpture is going to be measuring approx 8m tall and 2m wide. A scale i have yet to fathom. It is a very exciting process!
