This is a placeholder post of sorts. My daughter had taken over my workspace with finals studies, the prior two weeks, so the kitchen table was never free until 10pm. By that point, I had nothing left in the tank for modeling. The NBA playoffs were also particularly interesting, this year, so my attentions have been divided for a good long stretch.
I did manage to fit and secure the under-framing for the tafferal backboard, but apart from that - not much else has happened on the model itself. Most of what needs to happen on the model requires my utmost concentration. Now that the kids are done with school, and we aren’t running around all over the place, I should have deeper reserves in the evening time.
I have been chipping away at the tafferal carving, itself, though. I decided that the best way to go about this was to break the carving up into separate elements, as I had done for the amortisement. Not only did this make the carving more manageable and replaceable by section, if need be, but it enabled me to more easily glue-up laminations of different thicknesses so that there would be a perceptible foreground and background to the composition.
The clouds in the foreground are the thickest stock, the horses of medium stock and the chariot the thinnest stock:
I have completed the clouds, which were further subdivided into port and starboard. I haven’t taken pictures of them, but they are fluffy, happy clouds that would warm Bob Ross’s heart.
What I am working on, now, are the horses. I began with the port pair, which was the more challenging side to figure out. My thumb gives a pretty good indication of scale:
I’ve made a start on the starboard pair, which is moving more quickly. I think the whole ensemble with capture the depth and drama that I am looking for.
Thank you for your interest. More to follow..
