Still Life with Hypnos variations AI

This is not exactly what I wanted, trying to generate a winged head of the Greek god Hypnos, but I liked the resuts anyway:

Still Life with Hypnos variation AI

Still Life with Hypnos variation AI

Still Life with Hypnos variation AI

Still Life with Hypnos variation AI

Monochrome Melancholy

The good thing about sculpting in Blender (& sculpting in general), is that with a 3D object you should ideally have a multitude of angles from which to view the piece & appreciate the interplay of forms.

With Blender's texturing, lighting, coloring etc., options, the possibilities are multiplied. Add to that the ability to insert a background image or objects, & then post-process (I set the image levels to "auto" & added noise), & you can almost endlessly recycle the images and find something new to present.

I also like the way the exposed mesh structure of the piece in places can resemble chisel marks, giving the work a handmade quality of sorts, whilst still maintaining its digital origins.

Monochrome Melancholy, digital Blender image

Three Golden Heads

 I recently did a sculpture workshop for students at ASU (where I teach Blender & XR artwork). I started this head in the Zoom workshop to demonstrate Blender's 3D sculpting capabilities, & finished it afterwards. It usually takes me several hours to sculpt a head, & the workshop was around 45 minutes.

Below are 3 versions: top; fully textured: middle; another variation against a cloudy sky: bottom; the sculpted heads in raw, untextured state.

Colossus

Another Blender 3D sculpture, edited and textured in Photoshop. Could be a study for another augmented reality piece.

Colossus, digital art

Winged Heads (Hypnos, Morpheus)

Another sculpture in Blender, this time of winged heads -- the Greek gods Hypnos (sleep) & Morpheus (dreams) come to mind. I've displayed them here from multiple angles, as the wonderful thing about scupture is that it should function (& continually surprise) when seen from various viewpoints. I'm hoping to 3D print or otherwise cast these sculptures at some future point when a semblance of normality returns.

Winged Heads (Blender sculptures)

The Return of Jürgen Waxweiler

I just got this postcard today from my German sculptor friend Jürgen Waxweiler:


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The last time Jürgen sent me a postcard announcing an exhibit, it took me weeks to get it up on the blog, by which time the show was over, or almost over. This time, I'm cutting to the chase. Here are the details:



I met Jürgen what seems like two lifetimes ago, but it was only two years, at the Museum on the Seam show, "Bare Life" in Jerusalem. It was a great show & I'm glad to see that Jürgen is still working away & showing his work. If you're reading this & near his studio, please go along & say hi.


Above: close-up of Jürgen.

Check out his web site's news page for this & other news items.

Jürgen Waxweiler -- new show

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I've been a bit remiss in uploading this -- I received it a few weeks ago & it got buried in the summer stuff. Jürgen Waxweiler, whom I met in Jerusalem last year for the "Bare Life" show at the Museum on the Seam (see below) sent me a flyer for his show at the Galerie Marita Jaeger, Hasenfelder Str. 6, 52396, in Heimbach, Germany. Hope I got that address correct. The show runs from August 1, 2008 to 12 October, 2008. Didn't get this up in time for the opening, but I hope it's a great show.

The Further Adventures of Jürgen Waxweiler

My German sculptor friend, Jürgen Waxweiler, (whom I met in Jerusalem at the Museum on the Seam) just sent me a photo of his latest exploits. He was up in Canada in Winnipeg making sculptures out of snow, which is a cool (pun intended? I'm not sure) thing to do. Here he is with a large foot. Whilst the cold & snow are keeping me inside & not making much art, he is definitely out & about.