Monday, July 20, 2009

Al Purdy, 2009

During the late Winter I began to cast another ciment bust of poet Al Purdy. I had to move the entire operation inside my cramped basement, as the studio never achieved anything like a consistent temperature for curing. Now, with the breeze brushing the long grass, and wrens and vireos building fragile nests in anything firm enough to call home, that entire exercise seems a very long time ago.




Cast ciment fondue, mounted on a steel rod in concrete,
(weighing approx. 25 kgs), painted in black acrylic spray paint.

1 comment:

Vancouver Reader said...

It looks great.
Al would think it wonderful, a bust by a Wooler artist.