sculpture

Joe Farina · Post by **Joe Farina** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:10 pm

This is a sculpture that I'm working on, for a hologram. I haven't started the painting yet. The last photo shows how the forced perspective was used.

manalokos · Post by **manalokos** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:43 pm

Hello Joe!

The sculpture looks great!
Did you make the little people yourself? They are incredible!

Will you make a simple hologram of the sculpture or will you add some special effects
floating around?

Best regards
Filipe

Joe Farina · Post by **Joe Farina** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:15 pm

Hi Filipe, thanks for the kind words. Yes, I did the figures. I'm not planning to add anything that floats, but the sculpture still has a long way to go.

holomaker · Post by **holomaker** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:33 pm

very nice Joe! I cant wait to see it finished then !

Kiffdino · Post by **Kiffdino** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:38 am

that looks great. very excited to see the final hologram
from the side, with the bent trees, it looks a little bit as if the trees are getting sucked into that big round thing in the back

a_k · Post by **a_k** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:49 pm

That's an amazing work Joe. The bodies of the figurines must have a width of a few millimeters only and yet they are very detailed. I admire your steady hands.

Joe Farina · Post by **Joe Farina** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:39 pm

Thanks Dave, Kiffdino, and Ahmet. The round thing does indeed "suck." It's a vacuum I use to get rid of the silicon carbide grit that sometimes needs to be sprayed on the sculpture. Not having to worry about the side or rear view makes things easier, but of course the perspective needs to be attended to. With regards to hand-steadiness, it's pretty much necessary to have firm support for the hands when doing the work. Though not visible in the photo, there's a 1/2-inch thick steel plate in the back, to which is attached two magnetic bases (like the Harbor Freight variety) and the sculpture is attached to those bases using the cap-nuts as shown. This way, it can be moved to various heights, and is quite stable. The base of the sculpture is useful for supporting the hand, or if desired, other magnetic mounts and rods can be added for any kind of support. I was able to draw from my holographic experience

Also, while it might be possible to do this without magnification, I wouldn't want to try it. I use a variety of reading glasses. An experienced miniature sculptor once said that magnification isn't required, since it implies that the finished sculpture would need magnification for viewing also. But I totally disagree. In reality, the eye sees far more than the hand can accomplish with a reasonable amount of effort. With magnification, the mistakes become very obvious. It's a lot easier to see the problem, and more importantly, to correct it.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:28 am

Excellent as always Joe!
Two questions:
What material are these figures?
Are you planning a more broadband look and have the background fade out or more single freq?
Are you worried about the water and any movement?
oh wait that's 3 questions....
Thanks for sharing!!

Joe Farina · Post by **Joe Farina** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:15 am

Thanks Tony. The figures are silver (fired "art clay silver"). I'm planning on a two-color hologram, as narrowband as possible. I did test the "water" (UV resin) and it turned out OK with some fairly long exposures with the 457nm laser on DCG. Nonetheless, I'm still somewhat worried about it.

holorefugee · Post by **holorefugee** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:04 pm

Very nice Joe! Having to do fine hand work I would say my hands are much better than my eyes and a bench mounted 5x stereo microscope is a requirement of fine carving. Also, learning how to tune a stereo microscope is very important if you have to work with it for hours.