Public Works
Disapproving Angel
Installation: Nashville, TN •. Completion Year: 2022
Client: Gallery 202, Private Collector
Project Team: Dyer Sculpture, Nashville TN • Gallery 202, Franklin TN
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The Client requested a life size version of the original 18” high sculpture. The goal was to create a life size version and retain the same feeling as the original.
A woman is standing in a pose that speaks of her strength and resolve. Her arms are outstretched with one palm turned downward and the other turned up suggesting duality and balanced interactions of opposite and complimentary elements.
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The process begins with a signed contract and approval of a rough sketch which is then further refined in working with the client. After a mutually agreed upon concept, the artist creates 3-D sketch and maquette and then works with the client to refine the process and reach a design agreement. Then a waste mold is made of the clay maquette and wax is poured. From this a digital enlargement is made and milled out of foam. This is a scaled and exact enlargement of the original maquette. Next, the artist sands into the foam to add and refine details. An oil-based clay is applied in several layers as the artist carves and sculpts again. After final approval by the client, a mold is made and shipped to the foundry for the bronze casting. The sculptor visits the foundry for approval of the work and will return again to proof the patina. After completion, the bronze is shipped to the client for installation.
