Saturday, April 10, 2010

Thom Puckey





Probably the most ingenious sculptor since Bernini himself, to make marble in the undeniable likeness to flesh is true talent. Of course there are differences between your father focussing a trade on you at age four and using modern technologies. Still it is amazing that instead of making a small scale model and just work on a giant pice of marble you would in this day in age; make a scale clay sculpture, make a mold of that sculpture, cast that sculpture in plaster, then use that plaster sculpture as a guide to carve your marble.

His studio looks like a weird sex shop!

2 comments:

Miss Soggy Smog said...

Whoa! Awesome, interesting and props from posting something!!!!!!!!!!!

Miss Soggy Smog said...

I just want to point out the difference between this and the next post (about Andrea Fraser)...

Same human forms.
Similar themes.

But so so so so so different. Ah! I'm having an aneurysm right now.