{"id":19,"date":"2006-10-24T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsjewelry.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2006\/10\/24\/wild-new-sculpture-father-time\/"},"modified":"2006-10-24T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T03:56:00","slug":"wild-new-sculpture-father-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wild-new-sculpture-father-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild New Sculpture, “Father Time”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Father Time”<\/strong> was a huge stretch for my design skills. More than once, I thought about giving up and working on something less challenging. I’m glad I didn’t, I love the way he turned out. The whole concept started with an old rusty clock mechanism. I wanted to find a way to incorporate it into a sculpture. Then I found an old skull in a creek bed, and the finished sculpture sprang into my mind. I saw it completely painted and assembled in my imagination. But taking an idea from concept to completion is another thing. How in the world could I make this work? The jaw bone was only half there. I had to sculpt the other half, and the eyes, nose, teeth and that wild tongue! I wanted him to be free standing and viewable from all sides, so I had to mount him firmly to a base I made. Then the task of painting began. I used images from the Hubble Space Telescope. There are galaxies, planets, nebulas and stars. And an image of a clock sliding down his throat, representing time sliding into a black hole in space. He is finished on all sides, so he looks great from every angle.<\/p>\n

This sculpture was so much fun, that I’ve started another one. Just how far can I take this whole concept? Just wait and see.<\/p>\n

“Father Time”<\/strong><\/a> Free standing Sculpture
\nSize: 27″ tall x 9″ wide x 17″ long<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"