A few more hours are in on the big grizzly bust…
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Grizzly Bear bust in the works…
About a year ago, I did this small study of a bear at the Montana Grizzly Encounter captive bear facility between Bozeman and Livingston, MT. I liked it so much that I cast it and eventually convinced myself that it would be a great piece to enlarge. Here are some pics and notes on the progression from small wax study to a larger-than-lifesize model.
CAST BRONZE STUDY – “His Lordship”
Planning out the layout and design of the larger bear bust….
With some help from the lessons learned from my great 10th grade trigonometry teacher, I designed out this custom pair of 50″-long measuring calipers to do the enlargement.
Welding up the steel support post for the larger sculpture.
Glueing the styrofoam sheets together under a little extra weight and placing the first pieces onto the steel support.
Initial roughing in of the foam and beginning clay application.