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my ipad wasn’t working day 2

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I have moistened hemp drying in order to make ribs for my dog.

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I made the tripod with the wooden stand last class but am really beginning construction today. I am using broken paintbrushes to create a more strong spine so that it looks like a typical one without scoliosis. I have added a cup to what will be the front right paw. I am hoping to have enough weight on the hind and the right leg to be able to lift the left paw as if you commanded a dog to shake.

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I neglected to document most of my process, but my box did not change much after this. I added color and a bit more to the top, but that’s about it.

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More dogs

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I may draw inspiration from this artist.

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I’ve decided to do a dog!

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I may use a domestic animal as a model for my subject. The only thing I fear in this project is it being too flat. Although this is art class, where I should be free, I worry about the grade as well and if it will satisfy one. I tend to make things out of the size proportions asked of me.

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I rely on emotional themes for most of my projects, most of them pretty somber. My clay head is of a drowned person. My box sculpture is of a broken home. I always want my sculptures to make someone a little uneasy.

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I have decided to do an animal for the assemblage sculpture. I do not know the species of the animal I will be creating, but I have found this one that looks like a grasshopper or a cricket and it is nice.

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I really like the idea of using found objects in order to create a sculpture. I have a box of objects people may consider trash in the corner of my room waiting to be used.

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part of these days was used for hollowing out the head, but I did make progress on the external features

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my ears are not sisters nor twins. they are distant second cousins who look slightly alike.

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You can come over and tell me any time what I am doing wrong.

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how do i eye

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gravity is not my friend and neither is this nose.

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London-based model maker and founder of Chimerical Reveries Andy Acres invites you to "peer into another world" with his hand-crafted shadow boxes. Inspired by the art of storytelling, each enchanting model depicts eerie, abandoned scenes in miniature scale. Derelict farmhouses, old attics, and fog-filled forests are just some of the places you will find. Ranging in size, each shadow box features meticulous details, rich textures, and deep colors. Viewers are able to inspect Acres' spooky scenes at different angles to discover intriguing, hidden details and envision their own story.

Applying his background as a skilled illustrator, Acres starts by drawing out his scenes on paper. He then hand-draws each individual element and makes a photocopy before carefully cutting around it with a scalpel to make the stencils. His materials include soft wood, brass screws, plastics, and even real glass for the windows and the front of the box. The framed shadow boxes are back-lit with LED lights, which can be switched on and off using an antique toggle. Acre doesn't stop working until his models are absolutely perfect. Only when the shadow boxes look "exactly like [his] drawings" does he feel like they are complete.

When describing why he chose to build his scenes rather than paint them on a canvas, he explains, "I have often found it a little frustrating that on occasion I have been unable to see more of an artist's depiction. What was around that corner or just beneath the window ledge? I wanted to create scenes of decrepitude, solitude and abandonment, subjects that are so rich and often entrancing they deserve more than a flat painting. I want my work to not only breathe life but to exhale."

You can purchase Acre's shadow boxes through his Etsy shop. They may cost a pretty penny, but that's the price of hard work.

Peer into the eerie worlds of Andy Acre's shadow boxes.

This decaying greenhouse features broken windows and creeping vines.

A freezing night lurks outside this crumbling attic.

Beyond this gate lies a fog-filled churchyard.

Andy Acres: Website | Etsy | Instagram
h/t: [ So Super Awesome]

All images via Chimerical Reveries

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Want to go, amazing stones

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Kate Clark is an artist who uses taxidermy with a twist. She places human faces on animals which gives an eerie and profound effect.

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Slater Memorial Museum of Norwich Free Academy

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Slater Memorial Museum of Norwich Free Academy

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Slater Museum is an amazing place to go for inspiration concerning the art of bodies. They have several plaster casts of famous Roman sculptures including the head of Zeus, the heads of Cicero and Plato, as well as many angels. I wish to go back here at some point.