I have cut out the base and I am mounting the skull. 1/4 inch bolts are used to attach the skull to a bloodwood shield. A liver of sulphur base patina was applied, followed by a ferric nitrate patina. The ferric nitrate is a hot patina and is applied to a sculpture warm enough so […]
The sculpture that I plan is a wall trophy of a dagger or spear piercing a Komodo dragon skull. I had originally planned to call this work “Hunting Dinosaurs“, but as a dagger may not be typical for early humans I may call this “Hunting Dragons“. The skull will be set on bloodwood, a premium […]
The four dragon parts must now be cast in silicon bronze. The large upper quarter was reassembled in wax from the two moulded parts. This piece was cast in my large 5×10 inch steel flask which requires about 4.2 kg of investment. The pictures below show the preparation to cast one half of the skull. […]
The 3D model parts for the Komodo dragon skull must now be moulded so they can be replicated in wax. The lower jaw quarters are the easiest to mould. I have created silicone rubber moulds for these parts. These are two part moulds. The upper quarters are more complex. The part is cut in two […]
The Komodo dragon skull parts are now printed. The final photographs look excellent. 3D printing is not an exact science. There were some initial difficulties but once the printing issues were resolved everything was very successful. The fellow doing the printing reported: “I eventually found success for these prints using my new printer (Elegoo Saturn […]
I now have an edited and corrected 3D model for my Komodo dragon cast. The original polygon mesh from MorphoSource was produced from a CT scan of an actual specimen. There were some errors and disconnected bones in the scan such that resulting model that would not print correctly. Examples of the disjoint parts that […]
In April, 2025, the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta contacted me to inquire about making a cast in bronze of their Komodo dragon skull currently on display. After some discussion I agreed to do this, with the provision that I could cast a second copy for myself as my submission to the Alberta Craft […]
I intend to make two special owl sculptures over the next number of months. One sculpture will be of a barn owl and the other will be of two horned owls. These sculptures will be cast in a few different editions. One edition will be cast as individual traditional dark patina bronzes. With a traditional […]
This is yet another sculpture in my amethyst and bronze series of work. After cutting the bottom from one of the amethyst geodes I have from Sidi Rahal I put the geode away for some time waiting for inspiration as to how it might be used in my art. This geode, as you can see, […]
I recently thought to create another sculpture in my amethyst and bronze series of work. This sculpture portrays two small birds sitting on a twig. I have chosen to set the work on residue amethyst I cut from the geode used for my Encased sculpture with the bronze stallion. This cut amethyst has a crystal […]
