The Story of St Patrick

K9 Memorial






CREATION







MODELLING SMALL ICONS IN CLAY

Developing scaled-up patterns for
small icons

St Patrick sculpture (small icons) scaled up patterns

Completed scaled-up pattern
for 'Holy Trinity' icon

St Patrick sculpture (Holy Trinity) scaled up pattern

'Captive' icon early
progress in clay

St Patrick sculpture (Captive) early progress in clay

'Prayer' icon early
progress in clay

St Patrick sculpture (Prayer) early progress in clay

'Holy Trinity' icon early
progress in clay

St Patrick sculpture (Holy Trinity) early progress in clay

'Paschal Fire' icon early
progress in clay

St Patrick sculpture (Paschal Fire) early progress in clay

'Captive' icon
completed clay

St Patrick sculpture (Captive) completed clay icon

'Prayer' icon
completed clay

St Patrick sculpture (Prayer) completed clay icon

'Holy Trinity' icon
completed clay

St Patrick sculpture (Holy Trinity) completed clay icon

'Paschal Fire' icon
completed clay

St Patrick sculpture (Paschal Fire) completed clay icon

MODELLING LARGE ICON 'CONFESSIO' IN CLAY

Work platforms designed for
clay modelling of large icon
'Confessio' in two sections

St Patrick sculpture  - rotational work platforms for modeling 'Confessio' icon

Scaled-up pattern for large icon
'Confessio' on combined work platforms

St Patrick sculpture  - scaled-up pattern for 'Confessio' icon

Construction of foam underlay

St Patrick sculpture - foam underlay structure for 'Confessio' icon

Completed foam underlay

St Patrick sculpture  - completed foam underlay structure for Confessio icon

Early stage of clay
modelling (top half)


St Patrick sculpture  - early stage clay modeling of 'Confessio' icon (top half

 

 

 

Early stage of clay
modelling
(complete figure)

St Patrick sculpture  - early stage clay modeling of 'Confessio' icon (complete figure)

 

Early stage of clay
modelling
(bottom half)


St Patrick sculpture  - early stage clay modeling of 'Confessio' icon (bottom half)

 

 

 

Completed clay model 'Confessio'


St Patrick sculpture  - completed clay modeling of 'Confessio' icon

Completed clay model 'Confessio'
(image vertically rotated)

St Patrick sculpture  - completed clay modeling of 'Confessio' icon

 

Completed clay model 'Confessio' (wrapped to keep clay moist)


St Patrick sculpture  - completed clay figure of Confessio icon (wrapped)

TRANSPORTING COMPLETED CLAY WORKS TO FOUNDRY AND DISMANTLING PROCESS

Loaded for transportation
to foundry

St Patrick sculpture  - loaded on ute for transportation to foundry

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Clay removal after silicone moulding completed

St Patrick sculpture  - dismantling clay figure after silicone mould completed

Removal of foam
underlay

St Patrick sculpture  - dismantling of clay figure and foam underlay completed

Underlay waste

St Patrick sculpture  - foam waste

the art of PETER LEWIS

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