A magical week in Artlandia! Have you ever wondered what Durer's The Small Horse would look like at unicorn-scale - because I have ;)
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| Albrecht Durer, The Small Horse, 1505 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer# /media/File:Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_-_ The_Small_Horse_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg |
I based "unicorn-scale" on tapestries I saw during my trip to the Cloisters two weeks ago.
I started by carving a full 9 x 12" block. Then I printed it, photographed it, divided it up and printed it onto individual sheets of paper then reassembled (whew!)
The re-assembled version is a good model of the final scale (about 4.5 ft long). I used the model to practice where to divide the image and put the seams so that I can transfer it onto polyester lithography plates and print it on a press in the near future.
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| 9 x 12" relief print |
While I like the way the body looks - I'd like to carve the head and the hooves (since unicorns have cloven hooves ;) ) in greater detail on separate blocks and the horn will also have it's own block. Much more to come, but I feel it's a good start, and it's exciting to see the model on the wall after it's been in my head for so long [thumbs up!].
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| start of the block for the head - going for a slightly less horse-y and more okapi-ish look. |
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I'm working in a gloriously large space at the moment and seemed to have no trouble expanding into it in less than a week - like an art-goldfish, my work grows to the size of it's tank ;)
