Gargoyle Sculpting

Last Saturday, I went to a gargoyle sculpting workshop.

"Are you gargoyles?" a woman asked bemused attendees of other classes.

The workshop was at a school and we were in the art room. To start with, we drew pictures of gargoyles and grotesques on paper. We then cut pieces of chicken wire from a roll and started to form it into shapes. We stapled the chicken wire onto a board to hold it still. To start with, I found the chicken wire really difficult to manipulate and ended up with scratches up my arms, but eventually, it began to take shape.

Once the shape was formed, we were given rolls of mod-roc. Mod-roc is basically gauze impregnated with plaster of paris. We cut the mod-roc into small strips and then dipped each in water and put it over the chicken wire model and smoothed it down.

Time passed really quickly and I found I wasn't thinking about anything apart from sculpting. I really enjoyed the workshop and although I am not that good at arts and crafts, want to create more things.

Some members of the class made cat-like creatures, birds, dragons, and grotesque faces. Those that finished quickly added a sandy layer to the top.

Carrying the sculptures home was a challenge, but luckily a kind woman gave us a lift to the station, where we were able to get a bus home. Adam's grotesque is currently living in my kitchen and mine is in my bedroom.

I did not manage to finish mine, but the teacher gave me some rolls of mod-roc to finish it with, so when I next have a free weekend, I will attempt to finish it, and perhaps later paint it. Then I might even post pictures.

Music

I won a hamper from Bang the Borum, which is exciting, and I am hoping it will contain interesting music (probably on cassette tapes). It was then that I realised I haven't been listening to enough interesting music recently. Being able to go to interesting gigs is one of the things I miss about not living in London.

[Poll #1718564]

cementimental is helping out at the Meat Controllers Workshop on Saturday:

"A workshop in low life circuit bending, blasting, and building. Using the circuits from various electronic detritus and building your own circuitry, you will learn to create and construct psychotic synthesisers and noise machines. In the workshop you will use raw flesh or rotting meat as a resistor (vegan Tofu option available) for the creation of hybrid and mutated noise machines for use in live performances."

It sounds awesome, but I think the presence of rotting meat would probably make me feel sick, even if I was working with tofu instead, so am going to skip it.