Hi all, just a quick post to bring ye up to date on my project work. I mentioned anthony gormley https://vimeo.com/45523237 the last time as I am interested in the idea of a transparent figure for the project. So this week I've been experimenting with using wire to model shapes. Obviously this takes a bit of practise, as you'll see from the images I've included, but it's good to have made a start on something physical.

My first attempt was with insulated wire tied together with fine wire - I found the insulated wire more rigid but difficult to join without the fine wire. Even when tied the seperate pieces tend to slide out of place due to the insulation.I then tried using the fine wire on it's own adding an extra winding for strength, but I've just learnt today that I should've doubled up the wire before forming it into shapes. I thought I'd start off by trying to make a hand and the shapes created so far are fingers - in case your thinking (well, I know what some of ye are thinking) they resemble something else.

Ater working with both types of wire I think I need something more rigid. I'm also going to try other materials. Maybe I'll try using a single heavier gauge wire without any joints. In the meantime I'm going to check out some other wire sculpture images on the net. If anyone knows any good ones please let me know. Later