#071 SOLD | Claustro

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• Reference Photo for Sculpted Painting 071, Private Commission
• Sketch for Sculpted Painting 071, Georgian Bay, 24 x 62, Private Commission
• Getting ready to glue Sculpted Piece 071. The sketch for this piece is showing on the wall behind.
• Beautiful Mahogany in the preps for glueup!
• Stu gluing up Sculpted Piece 071 ... check out all the mahogany above the clamps! GO CLAUSTRO GO!
• Stu prepping the plastic for clamping of Piece 071.
• Stu affixing the clamps for Sculpted Piece 071.
• Stu Leggett, sculptor, cutting channels for bracing
• ... 29 channels to be exact
• cutting these channels is a precise job ... these blades are huge and one slip and the whole piece would be compromised.
• Each time a cut is made, the channel is vacuumed clean and the rod is placed to ensure accuracy.
• And there goes the rod to double check the channel size.
• Stuart measures and moves the anchor to cut each channel ... no errors.
• Now that all the channels are cut, and the sizes were checked, Stuart applies the epoxy to lay in the rods permanently...the first coat is applied with a roller.
• Rods are placed...in preps to start carefully pouring the epoxy.
• After nearly 2 quarts of epoxy and many hours later, the rods are set in to Stuart's satisfaction.
• With the big sander, Stuart sands out the epoxy to start levelling the surface.
• Still sanding, the first heavy grit sanding is nearly complete.
• With heavy sanding now complete, Stuart vacuums the surface (didn't know he could vacuum - haha), to prepare for finer sanding.
• With a smaller sander and finer grit paper, Stuart sands the surface to prepare for more epoxy coatings.
• With the finer sanding, you can now see the mahogany shining through. Keep in mind, this is still just the back of the sculpted piece.
• Fourth coat of epoxy after sanding.
• Fifth coat of epoxy ... background sketch on wall is the subject the piece will become.
• Stuart in the shop, being a happy guy, as usual.
• Stuart pours on the epoxy before rolling.
• Action shot of Stuart rolling on the Sixth coat of epoxy.
• I think that's epoxy coat number 8 ... nice and black ... yet to be sanded however.
• And yes, there he is ... sanding that beautiful epoxy coat ... still more coating however, so had to be done.
• The last epoxy coating on the back. Monday's job? Full layout and CARVE!
• After one more day of working on the 'back', Stu is now starting to lay out the front.
• After giving the carving side of the panel a final sand, stu vacuums the panel.
• Carol and Stu working side by side, they transfer the drawing from paper to transparency to make adjustments.
• With the transparency now placed on the panel, Stu makes minor adjustments to the design.
• Stu carefully measures to create an accurate horizon.
• Stuart transfers, by pouncing, the scaled drawing onto the panel.
• With the drawing now on the wood surface (hard to see), Stuart can being CARVING!
• Stu starts working on the front of the panel by 'hogging' out material with huge honkin' tools.
• First run of surface material ... gone to dust.
• Jigs and tools aside, if you look down the side, you can see an angle in the surface area.
• After each pass, Stu moves the jig and adjusts the tool to continue hogging more material.
• The beginning of carving Sculpted Piece 071.
• Stuart Leggett carving the beginnings of the tree, February 7, 2012.
• Stuart Leggett carving the tree for Sculpted Piece 071 - note the sketch on the wall is what the carving will become.
• Carving of Sculpted Painting 071 February 8, 2012
• Stuart fine tuning around the tree of Sculpted Painting 071.
• What a beautiful tree! Great job so far Stu!
• Working nearly around the clock to acheive all this detail, yet Stuart is still carving to bring this tree alive.
• Stu 'test installing' Sculpted Piece 071 in the gallery.
• Sculpted Piece 071 installed in CLAUSTRO Gallery to show scale.
• Sculpted Piece 071 - just prior to completion of carving (left) and Sculpted Piece 070 (right) at CLAUSTRO Gallery.
• Dramatic Shadows of carving of Sculpted Piece 071.
• Another shot of dramatic shadows created by the carving of Sculpted Piece 071.
• Stu Leggett working in his studio - Sculpted Mahogany (#071 - 1" x 24" x 65") .
• Sculpted Piece 071, carving nearly completed.
• Sculpted Painting 071 marked with blue tape to show as triptych.
• Sculpted Painting 071 displayed as a full panel, 24 x 65, Commission.
• The back of Sculpted Piece 071 - from triptych to single panel.
• Front of Sculpted Piece 071 - coated with epoxy.
• Carver, Stu Leggett roughing up the back of Sculpted Piece 071 to prepare to apply final coatings.
• Sanding of Sculpted Piece 071
• Refining the carving of the water, Sculpted Piece 071
• Stu carving new details to the tree.
• Stu putting the hanging brackets on the back of Sculpted Piece 071.
• Hanging Brackets epoxied into place on the back of Sculpted Piece 071.
• Stu fine sanding the water on Sculpted Piece 071.
• Stu painstakingly sanding Sculpted Painting 071 with 1 x 2 sandpaper.
• Nearing completion, the final epoxy coating - yet to be primed. Note the beautiful shadowing below the piece of the carving.
• Final epoxy coat before priming of sculpted piece 071. Beautiful carving of water and tree!
• Final finish coat before final sanding, then paint of Sculpted Piece 071.
• Sculpted Piece 071 just before painting.
• Sculpted Piece 071 with sky and water nearly completed.
• Sculpted Piece 071 with sky and water completed and first coats of acrylics on the rockface.
• Sculpted Piece 071 just days away from completion.
• Closeup of the rock of Sculpted Piece 071.
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