Entwined "Alien" Bodies

[FrankEV]

When I asked frankorona about patterns for his Modernist Figures, he was kind enough to send me the original photos he had made them from.  Again a big thank you goes out to Francisco.

I had created a pattern for the “Two Heads” sculpture I made and previously posted last Tuesday, 10/5. 

The second photo was of a piece that was a little strange to say the least. The apparent male and female figures kind of look like two “aliens” lying naked and embraced in some sort of “rock” structure.  I think I know what the sculpture is supposed to represent, but my imagination tends to run rampart very easily, so I saw “aliens”.  I was able to create a pattern for this sculpture I’m calling “Entwined Bodies”.

Frank chose to cut his sculpture all out of one piece of wood, but the photo shows the “aliens” in a light color and the “rock” in a dark color.  Therefore, attempting to be true to the original photo, I decided I would use contrasting wood - Maple and Walnut that I happen to have. 

My planks are ¾” thick, which I stack cut, so I wound up with parts of contrasting colors that made two complete sculptures.  It may seem that way, but I was not trying to politically correct, it just turned out that way.  These sculptures are about 16" tall and the base is 5" wide x 9" long (width in photoi).  

I used a Pegas #5 MGT skip blade and found my saw is not quite adjusted correctly as the cut outs would only push out in one direction and when reassembled, one set of “aliens” fit loose in the contrasting wood and the other fit so tight additional sanding was required to allow them to fit properly.

Like the Two Heads sculpture after cutting all edges had to be eased and then sanded smooth.  This time I was able to use a round over bit in my router table to ease all the edges followed by a lot of sandpaper and elbow greased.   And once again I coated the parts with Lacquer sanding sealer before final sanding and assembly.

The contrasting “aliens” and “rocks” were assembled using superglue and to attach the upper sculpture to the corresponding base.  And like I always do, the sculptures were finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer.

I'm very happy that I was ble to do both the "Two Heads" and these "Entwined Bodies" sculptures and that they came out fairly well.  I don't plan to become Scroll Saw Sculpter, but it is nice to know I can do some 'out-of-the box' projects once in a while.  

 

 

Hope you enjoy.  Comments and critiques always welcome.

I'll post my PDF's in Pattern Announcements shortly. 

  

Edited October 9, 2021 by FrankEV

[frankorona]

You did a wonderful job!!

[Denny Knappen]

I like the contrast

[merlin]

Very good Frank I them a lot I have been meaning to do some like this for a while now  but health and now the missus has only one hand for a month or so, so a lot more house chores.

That alien one is one and I have another 3 or 4 that are ear marked for cutting but the damn sanding is a pain...

 

Merlin...

[lawson56]

Beautiful!! Love the different woods. Awesome work.

[jr42]

They look very nice.

[daveww1]

awesome job