Bauhause Bird Dog Sculpture

Bauhause Bird Dog When I was a kid I liked to build with wooden blocks. Legos were not yet invented 70 years ago. These days I saw up a bunch of foam blocks, glue them together and then turn them into solid metal. I like to look at You Tube at videos of ancient ruins and try to understand how they were made. I was facinated to see that the big fluted round columns were built by stacking blocks and then carving the flutes. All the big buildings were made with stone blocks. I have done a little stone and wood carving. The reason I have only done a little is because it takes a very long time. I have the patience of a gnat and also the attention span of a gnat. The other end of the spectrum is foam. You can cut it with a hot wire or a fine tooth saw or a very sharp knife. The problem is it is so fragile that it is not durable. The good part is it is everywhere just for picking it up. I have spent years trying to find a way to make it hard. Some people paint it with plastic or fiberglass. That makes the outside surface deformed. I liked the idea of using it as a device to create a cavity in sand that you can pour molten metal into. You always get something. The problem is it is not usually what you want because there are about 50 reasons it will not work. It takes years to learn enough about the process to make it work. Gluing the blocks together is the fun part. When you spend all kinds of time making your great piece and then it flops when you put the hot liquid metal to it. I want to cry. If I was smart I should have at least photographed the form it before I tried to cast it. Half of the really good pieces died in the pour. That is why I do not know of any other sculptors working in foam. I rented space in a foundry on Tuesday nights so I had to have a piece ready to go. It is hard to come up with a good design every week. My advice for others who want to design in foam is to have an electric turntable to put the design on and use your cell phone to take a movie of it. "Should have" sounds good but when I think about it when I was casting I did not have a cell phone or an electric turntable or a space to put it. I keep beating myself up. There is always something I "should have" done better. If you like this piece you might like to see more. I have hundreds more in different styles and themes. Enter "Arfsten sculpture" in the search box in the upper right to see them. I have managed to take videos of some of my pieces after they were cast. You can check out some of them on my You Tube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVJYp5X5922_4-sHrI0lRwA). There you can see the sculpture in a multitude of settings and hear my in-depth verbal discussions about them.

Sculpture:Metal on Aluminium

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16 W x 10 H x 10 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.