#076 ICEBERG - SOLD (Studio Casts available) | Claustro

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• Iceberg
  Reference photo
  36 x 66 Private Commission
• Iceberg in Carol's Studio - getting ready to paint! Does anyone see the woman leading the ship?
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, 36 x 66, as viewed on wall.
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, 36 x 66
• Installation of Iceberg
• silhouette of sculpture
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, 36 x 66
• Lighting in evening.
• Iceberg in evening light.
• Iceberg in glowing light.
• uplight
• Final protective coatings on the Sculpted Painting of Iceberg.
• Closeup of sculpted painting.
• outdoor glow of light.
• getting ready to install.
• casting light from sky
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, 36 x 66
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, 36 x 66
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, 36 x 66, dramatic lighting
• Iceberg, Sculpted Painting, WIP
• Almost done!
• WORK IN PROGRESS, Iceberg, 36 x 66
• Work In Progress, Iceberg, 36 x 66
• Iceberg almost done - in studio!
• Work in Progress, Iceberg, 36 x 66
• Photo opp before the paint is applied! Claustro duo.
• First coats sky and water. Wow!
• First coats of paint on Iceberg!
• First coats, sky and water.
• First coats of paint on iceberg.
• Sheesh, another layer to sand again. Poor Stu - so much sanding to get to the final finish.
• Projected image onto carving.
• Stu added some pigment to the epoxy coating to get a feel for the carving. Very creative and pretty just like this!
• Carving is softening and getting refined.
• Cutting mahogany for glue up.
• Mahogany ready to go for a 'dry run of glue up'.
• Back aluminum support plate the glue will be epoxied to.
• Aluminum back plate and brackets. Cleaning to prepare for gluing.
• After clean and set up, labelling of plate parts prior to glue up.
• Closeup up all plate parts. So much work even before glue up.
• Back aluminum plate wet out with glue to receive mahogany.
• One by one, each mahogany strip is epoxied and laid on the aluminum plate.
• Mahogany placed on the aluminum plate and now to add brace clamps to set.
• Each brace clamp is secured to mahogany and plate to ensure it remains flat with pressure.
• Clamps are secured at the middle and ends. Creating a flat panel is no easy task.
• Full glue and clamp setup. Epoxy will need to set for 48 hours before unclamping.
• Nice job Stu!
• Now - ready to unclamp - Stu first removes each bolt.
• Once the clamps are off, Stu releases the plastic and checks the panel out ... Success!
• THE panel!
• Stu flips the panel over to show the aluminum back side to trim the excess mahogany.
• Trimming the excess wood to make a perfect 36 x 66 panel, finished to the aluminum plate.
• Panel and jig is now ready and set up to start carving.
• Ready to go!
• Projecting image to carving table.
• Another projected image onto the wood, to show what will be carved.
• Showing water line in red.
• Set up for cutting jig.
• Stu tapes out iceberg image to mark his cuts.
• And the cutting starts.
• First cuts on the sky.
• Vacuuming the first cuts on the sky.
• Measuring the depth of the first cut.
• Round two ... going deeper.
• The sky may just be done.
• Vacuuming to see if it's a deep enough cut before moving on.
• Nice work.
• Now for the water.
• Yep - Stu's happy with the depth.
• Sky meets water, and now to start carving the iceberg.
• Image superimposed on the carving.
• Stu sanding out carving of the iceberg.
• End of day carving so will start coating the piece with epoxy.
• Epoxy coating on sky and water leaving iceberg proud.
• Ready to start sanding again.
• Easy part sanded ... now for the detail sanding.
• Stu sanding.
• Stu detail sanding while on the wall. Not as 'back-breaking'.
• Installing on the wall allows Stu to step back and see his work. Great job so far Stu!
• Back on the table, Stu sandblasts to rough sand the smaller areas.
• Nice profile.
• Fine sanding the piece with sand.
• Stu shaping the carving.
• Stu carving - taken from the projector room.
• Stu shaping and carving.
• Stu carving refining carving of Iceberg.
• Refining the carving.
• Carving peaks and valleys of the Iceberg flow.
• more carving detail before it softens.
• Fine detail work.
• Getting in all the nooks.
• Sanding.
• Iceberg hazed in.
• Iceberg, Carving, Work in Progress
• Iceberg getting sandblasted between coats of epoxy.
• Closeup of smoothenin edges from sandblasting and hand sanding.
• After vacuuming the sand off.
• Stu applying the many layers of coatings to start to get the rounded edges.
• Final detail shaping.
• Final shaping of the last heavy resin coatings.
• Shaping details of the left side.
• Final raw wood carving stage!
• Closeup of carving right side.
• Superimposed photo on sculpture.
• Last sanding, looking smooth!
• Closeup of carving left side.
• Superimposed photo onto the sculpture!
• Carol checking the sculpture out. "Okay, I approve. I think I can paint it.", says Carol. Of course I can, it's gorgeous!
• The LAST sanding coat. Looks awesome!
• Nice lighting - you can see all the beautiful shapes.
• No Mask means last light sand. You did it Stu!
• Seems that all that sanding and coating created more beautiful shapes.
• Stunning. I can't wait to paint it.
• Stu Leggett beside his Newfoundland Iceberg (#076 - 1" x 36" x 66"). Pictured sculpture is completed but awaiting paint.
• Iceberg just before painting in Carol's Upper Gallery/Studio.
• Iceberg just before painting in Carol's upper gallery/studio.
• Iceberg in Carol's Studio. HAPPY DAYS!!
• Here goes .......
• No stopping Carol now!
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