Building with wax

Over the past few days I have been continuing making the alginate moulds from the steel shapes , and using these to make a library of wax pieces.

I have now started to join these into sculptures which I like to think of as new relics, or new archeology developed from the items I originally chose .

I have been inspired by some of the detailed carving on a broach I selected out of the stores, as well as religious iconography and design.

I’m enjoying putting a lot of detail in to the surface of these pieces. This wax is a wonderful material to work with as it warms easily in your hands and carved nicely. #this allows a lot of surface texture to be added .