Here are some images to illustrate what I described in my previous post:
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
The purpose of this Metamorphosis exercise is twofold:
1) to practise the double bend, i.e. convex in a concave, in such depth for such a number of repetitions that it really becomes embedded in your whole being as a sculptor. Indeed the double bend is fundamental in creating proper movement in sculpture;
and
2) to explore and experience this double bend in a number of forms all of which are different in nature, e.g. rounded/doughy, thin, ...
The reason for working through a variety of types of forms is to experience the differences in what these forms convey, how they feel, given their particular characteristics. So you start from an archetype, which determines the 'laws' within which the exercise should be performed, with which the differences as per 2) clearly manifest themselves.
1) to practise the double bend, i.e. convex in a concave, in such depth for such a number of repetitions that it really becomes embedded in your whole being as a sculptor. Indeed the double bend is fundamental in creating proper movement in sculpture;
and
2) to explore and experience this double bend in a number of forms all of which are different in nature, e.g. rounded/doughy, thin, ...
The reason for working through a variety of types of forms is to experience the differences in what these forms convey, how they feel, given their particular characteristics. So you start from an archetype, which determines the 'laws' within which the exercise should be performed, with which the differences as per 2) clearly manifest themselves.
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