Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 9It was hoisted onto a hand picked natural stone base. Steel pegs extending through the legs of the figure were cemented with epoxy into...
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 8Piece being hauled in by truck and trailer and elevated by crane. #bronze #commission #elk #sculpture
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 7The petina process (coloration). #bronze #commission #elk #sculpture
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 6Elk in raw metal. The individual sections of the mold are painted with wax to about a 1/4 inch thickness. The wax sections are removed...
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 5Rubber is later sprayed with a chemical blend that forms a rock hard shell. After drying, the sections are removed individually and the...
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 4Rubber latex being sprayed on sections. #bronze #commission #elk #sculpture
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 3Sculpture being divided into numbered sections for mold process. #bronze #commission #elk #sculpture
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 2Antlers in clay. #bronze #commission #elk #sculpture
Oct 10, 20111 minTHE MAKING OF “HIGH DESERT ELK” – Part 1Back in 2009, the City of Rock Springs, WY commissioned me to sculpt a one and a quarter times life size monument of the High Desert Elk....