At last the mold is finished along with the complete time lapse video for that process; I also cast the first interior cast from the mold and gave it a weathered antiqued wash so I could get a photo. It will be available in brick red, kiln fired terracotta as well. To purchase a cast of this design; https://www.urbansculptures.com/cart/product/sullivanesque-panel-after-james-w-scoville-chicago-nr-ls-2/
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, mold
Now with the clay model done and ready to make the mold of this interesting webbed lotus flower motif, I have begun that process today and will be finishing it to-morrow A timelapse video of the process; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBhOYdwVyhU
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/21/2018
More detailing is roughed in as is the background texturing, the clay needs to firm up a little before I finish it up. Hope to get that done this week and weekend, and make the rubber mold next weekend.
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Louis Sullivan, Elmsley, Schneider James W Scoville building Chicago, progress for 11/17/2018
A timelapse showing some basic rough texturing of the model's background.
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Antique Louis Sullivan “Sullivanesque” panel arrived
My purchased piece of Sullivanesque came today, from the 1936 Thomas A. Edison school, Hammond Indiana. The design is such that it could be situated either way shown in the first 2 photos, but hard to tell which way it was originally meant to be installed and was, it looks good either way it’s rotated, and the impressed numbers on one surface which I remember from the pieces in NYC were always on the TOP side. So which way did this go… it’s easier than it might seem to figure it out even without aphoto of the school to tell- the last photo up close tells the whole story, that…