check it out- i was photographed by the AP!
Anyway, I finally got around to finishing Nike of Samothrace. She was a difficult one with all of her wings and arms just hanging out there. I had to build most of her parts separately beforehand and allow them to dry before assembling at the beach, otherwise it would not have worked.
She must be one of my all-time favorite sculptures in history. You can see a better study of her form in an earlier post when I was applying for this exhibition. At that time I was hoping to be able to make these sculptures as large as any person, but I'm glad now I have to make do with the amount of clay I have! It's good practice for future endevors, but man is it a lot of work!
Here I have interpreted how she must have looked before loosing her arms and wings, although I think I like what time and archeology have done to the original statue. This is a fabulous site from the Louvre about the story of the winged Victory and her reconstruction.
Here she is at sunset the day of her creation, and already she's falling apart (I suspect much like the original did.)
and finally, the day after.