Molten Wax Experiments
I’ve been doing some experimental pieces involving pouring molten wax into a basin of cold water. It is quite tricky to control, but I find with wax that has cooled a bit, I can get some really interesting forms and beautiful natural textures.
I’ve then been cleaning them up to find interesting mini sculptures. Or with the hollow pieces, I can really push and pull the wax around to model it.
Here are 2 examples.
I find the second one (vulture) really intrigueing and strange. I said to Helaine that I liked it, but I wasn’t sure it was very ‘me’. She said sometimes things you don’t think are you, are actually more like you than you think.
But in another discussion we were having she was talking about people who carve stone directly and are lead by it. I can’t remember her exact words, but she was saying how important modelling was to be consciously involved in the piece. My worry with the MWE is that the found forms in the wax are leading me too much. But I also think I have a lot to learn from the process, so I am happy to continue with it for the moment.
