Sculpture

19 - Wire mesh cubes

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:08pm

Grid like lattices offer a wide range of possibilities across many disciplines.

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18 - Plaster cake

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 3:28pm

The ability of plaster to transform from a liquid state into a permanent solid makes it a very useful casting medium, while the in-between curing period can allow for more direct working as the mix

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17 - Bubble

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 3:14pm

Theoretically the perfect sphere: although it’s life is short, it doesn’t react well or easily to modification and it has limited practical strength, the ignominiously named bubble is in fact a com

5211 reads

16 - Copper dome

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 2:54pm

Although using the simplest of tools, this is a complex and time consuming process.

30511 reads

15 - Bent steel rod

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 2:46pm

A simple linear description of a cube; a drawing of its edges, this 8mm mild steel rod is bent 7 times at right angles, with heat using a high temperature torch.

6397 reads

14 - P.V.C. sphere

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 2:34pm

P.V.C. sheet, here 0.6mm thick, can be readily vacuum formed into hemispheres.

6412 reads

13 - Candle wax cube

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 2:17pm

There are many types of wax with many different uses, but candle wax is inexpensive, easily obtained and melts at a relatively low temperature.

5501 reads

12 - Gilded wood

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 2:11pm

Originally a cube designed to illustrate the obvious but visually interesting concept of how the timber we use relates to a tree, some adjacent experiment with gold leaf on a picture frame prompted

24499 reads