This is a piece I have been working on for a while, I want to mix carving and metal to create a reference to an organic bone structure. I took some inspiration from the bone like plates from a stegosaurus. However, I worry that the plates reference leaves more than bone. I am currently still in the process of finishing the piece, I will try to have a great deal of it completed for Thesis.
Here is the sketch I made after encountering a moment of inspiration. In the beginning I had thought of the carving to reference fins, however fins slowly faded to plates.
This is the first fin/plate I carved, I used cedar wood to create these. Cedar is plentiful in the woodshop and thick enough for me and my "digging" method of carving. I am having some difficulties with this type of wood since it is a softer than ash. I have to be more aware of my tools and where the grain is.
This is the second plate I am working on, I am going for a thinner look and I am also thinking of making the plates connect in many different degrees, not only flat against the wall.
This is the spine portion that the plates will connect to. I enjoyed carving the piece without any sort of preconceived idea about what I wanted to carve. ( I only hope it looks like a bone).
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