The past couple of weeks I have continued to work on the Guardian Angel sculpture. Since the finalization of the piece is happening, he has been teaching me details like form separation, modeling facial expressions, closing off the forms, and modeling hair. These are all techniques we never get to in classes at school, since everything is usually cut short by the length of the semesters.

I have also been helping Anthony paint wax into a past John the Baptist Mold for a local parish in order for it to be cast in bronze. This consists of painting layers of wax until it is about 1/4 inch thick, then taking it out of the mold (which is the pink stuff in the picture) and connecting the multiple pieces with a torch. After that you chase the edges using a hot metal tool in order for it to be sent t the foundry to be cast.