Real world Wip. Glass sculptures.
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These sculptures are basically impossible to photograph. I doubt I'll ever get anything showing both looking good. Their very nature makes them a dynamic installation.
The figures change constantly with the movement of the sun, one minute hidden in the depths of the pool then as the sun comes out from behind a cloud or around the edge of a building they jump out at you with bright sparkling edges.
But reflections and glare make static images difficult but I caught this angle this afternoon that gives you a bit of an idea of how they look.
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@box said:
These sculptures are basically impossible to photograph. I doubt I'll ever get anything showing both looking good. Their very nature makes them a dynamic installation.
The figures change constantly with the movement of the sun, one minute hidden in the depths of the pool then as the sun comes out from behind a cloud or around the edge of a building they jump out at you with bright sparkling edges.
But reflections and glare make static images difficult but I caught this angle this afternoon that gives you a bit of an idea of how they look.How about a short video?
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Why short?!
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+1 for video.........time lapsed please
Awesome work btw.....& have been following/enjoying this thread.C
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I appreciate how hard it is to photograph, so a 'short' walk around with video might go some way to capturing the artworks
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Here you go Baz, best I could manage in the wind today.
It's still a construction zone as you can see. -
That is crazy!
At night it will be amazing when lit up!
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Actually Rich it needs the sun to work, at night it will be more of a glowing obelisk with a deep pool of moving light at the base. The whole thing changes constantly with the movement of the sun. It will be different at different times of the day and the year and depending on the weather. Plus the whole block expands and contracts as it heats and cools, and we have used a semi fluid gel to create expansion joints and these layers "breath" so you get comet like bubbles shooting through the whole thing. It looks totally different all the way around.
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@box said:
Here you go Baz, best I could manage in the wind today.
It's still a construction zone as you can see.That gave us a bit of a taste,ta.
Looks amazing and proves that its a FPS experience
BTW: Was the guys fly open? -
From the sides it looks like a Matrix image.
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Cool glass mille-feuille !
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whoa!
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Here's a bit of an easter update.
There was a bit of an issue with the transportation that caused a problem in one of the expansion layers of the second sculpture that produced a clouding effect right in front of the girl's face. As a result we needed to split the block and remove a 400 kilo section. Once separated we could clean the faces and redo the expansion layer.
As this has all moved around 700km from the studio we had to find somewhere closer to work on it. Who would have thought you could split 400 kilos off a 3 ton block of glass in a tin shed in the back of beyond!A few images....
Here she is with the light behind her before we start the repair. Only relevant because we never could see them like this in the studio.
This is the block split into 2 sections, that skinny little bit on the A frame really does weigh around 400 kilos.
And here we are all back together with no blemishes. Now it's just another forklift, truck drive and crane swing back into place.
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not enough "thumbs" for this... simply amazing -
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Speaking of thumbs, I've got 2.
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We've something in common!
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@rich o brien said:
We've something in common!
Two Thumbs!! my cats are working on that.
With the advances in technology today i'm seeing neural linked robotic prosthetic opposable thumbs, once they have that the furry little bastards will control the world.
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Great pics!
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As an update, there have been some issues with the 'client', pubic art is always problematic and keeping everyone happy is basically impossible.
However, two weeks after we reinstalled the second sculpture they have deigned to go and look at them. As a result of their 'viewing' I received an SMS telling me that they have been approved. I really wonder what these people think.Sorry, no photos as such because they are still covered until they decide to unveil them, at a date to be decided.
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