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During the last few months, I have also been working on a new project which i did keep a bit quiet until the work evolves and mature a bit more. This is probably the most "out of my comfort zone" type of work and it took me a while to actually feel comfortable with the ideas.

The initial idea came from a little sketch in pastel above combined with the wax model below. Taking the picture of the work allowed me to rework the shapes involved. Some similarity started already to show from the beginning.

One of the  few works I did after that ( see below) were not right but the idea started to form. This one was the start from the Raku collections but also the start of a very different route.

Raku collection examples:

I still was very curious to push the boundaries and take those ideas a step further

after a large number of sketches from the wax model, here is a sketch that I wanted to take a bit further.

 

I am not sure how I came to think about the medium but i was looking for something more current, ....a symbol of the modern world.

so here is the first maquette acetate

 

and here is the finished result in Acrylic

Acrylic gives the work extra dimensions. 

Transparency makes the sculpture become part of its environment. 

The light gives it a different feel.  

Outside, the variation of the weather will give it a different mood. 

Man-made material in synchronization with nature.

A sculpture enhance its environment but also interact with its environment.