This amazing artist took one lifecasting workshop and created what has to be the biggest continuous lifecast statue, the Crazy Girls Monument at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas. It was almost his first lifecasting! Newspaper photo shows showgirl models admiring it. Now he lives in Arkansas, back teaching art at a college.
| "About
the sculpture, my wife is my helper. We did each girl in three pieces,
legs up to mid-thigh, bottom to about the middle of the back, and head
and sholders. We wrapped the hair in plastic wrap. The alginate molds were
cast in Hydrocal...
After they were shipped back to Santa Fe, the pieces were fit back together and mounted on supporting boards. The hair was sculpted in clay and rubber molds were made. The molds were used to create wax positives that were then used to cast bronze. After about 5 months of work the finished bronze weighed in at 1540 pounds." Mike Conine Conway, Arkansas |
He told me this: "I have taken classes from Willa Shalit and Dean Erickson in Santa Fe. I would love to hear from others interested in lifecasting." Click here to email
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