Eternity is the plaster sculpture that symbolizes the ongoing of life and the connection between forces.

Gallery:

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Eternity Progress:

This plaster piece challenged me a bit as it was the first sculpture I had done. The process was a new and refreshing medium. I had to figure out how to chisel through the plaster and create the shapes that I wanted. 

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Before mixing the plaster, vaseline is brushed over the inner sides of the wood so that there is a clean breakaway between the plaster and the walls of the wood. Using cut wood planks to contain the plaster as a block mold, each bucket of plaster mix (by adding plaster to water using a “mountaintop” technique to balance the water to plaster ratio) was layered upon each pour till it reached the top. This process took me about 3 hours to accomplish. 

Once the plaster block was released, I first began by using crayons to sketch out the piece and guide my process as I chiseled away. 

I focused on chiseling the sides of the block and using surform shavers to give the piece a smooth feel and look.

I began chiseling the form of the head and working down to shape the form. In this image, the chisel and hammer used is displayed as well as one of the surform shaver.

This is the front view of the sculpture as depth and smoothness is being added.

At this point of the process, I have carved the abstract arms and have drilled in two holes through each of the planned openings of the sculpture to create an access point to begin safely chiseling through the piece without breaking the plaster piece.

The two images above provide a 3/4th and side perspective of the sculpture.

Front View

Back View

Here is the finished product of the piece from a lower perspective to show the underside of the face and the depth of the openings.