February 14th

This week I continued to help Anthony with the Stations of the Cross. As there are 15 stations, each one is a lot of work and requires a lot of time. I helped him with the compositions on each station, rearranging the figures and the architecture in order to fit the required "grid" of the future tiles. Although we did the same thing as last week, I got new pictures. Here they are:

February 7, 2013

Today I assisted Anthony with the Stations of the Cross commission. As I stated in my first post, the stations are currently drawn out. The plan is to perfect the compositions of the drawings. Anthony explained that it is difficult as each station is being made up of 12 ceramic tiles, so you need to create a perfect composition, then "tweak" it in order that none of the figures' heads or hands are cut off by the edges of the tiles. Each of the pieces of the compositions are all done on separate pieces of tracing paper in order for us to change the compositions without having to redraw them. When the compositions are complete, each station will be scanned and printed onto canvas, then painted, then transferred to ceramic tile.

First Day- February 1, 2013

Today I met with local Philadelphia Artist Anthony Visco for my first day of the semester's internship. We began the day with discussing his multiple projects he has for the upcoming months, and which ones I will be helping him with. As of right now there are two commissions that he will be needing my help. The first is a 10 foot bronze guardian angel statue. As of right now, the model for it is already made out of plasteline clay. The next step in the process for it is to complete the model in order for it to be 3 dimensionally scanned and enlarged by a 3D modeling company. Anthony says that this is what I will be primarily working on this semester. By doing this I will learn how to fully prepare a sculpture for 3D scanning, and also how technology is incorporated into the modern day artist. This is very exciting for me as I am currently taking a 3D Modeling course, along with my figurative sculpture classes.
The second project is a series of the Stations of the Cross. The stations are currently being drawn and assembled into compositions for large panels, and will be done in ceramic tile in their final stage.


Here are some pictures of the model of the guardian angel that I worked on today:

 As you can tell from the picture, the guardian angel is overlooking two young children praying while holding an infant child.

 I primarily worked on the bottom portion of the statue, which consists of geometric rock formations transforming into organic cloud compositions. My job was to clean the debris and scraps of clay from the sculpture and to model the clouds and rocks.