Ben Roth Design http://www.benrothdesign.com The sculpture and 2D artwork of Jackson Hole, Wyoming artist, Ben Roth Wed, 02 May 2012 16:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Spoonful of Sugar http://www.benrothdesign.com/543/blog/spoonful-of-sugar/ http://www.benrothdesign.com/543/blog/spoonful-of-sugar/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:10:34 +0000 admin http://www.benrothdesign.com/?p=543 Last week was fun. The Jessica Rutzick and Associates law firm hired me to make a bra for Bras for the Cause, a fundraiser to fight breast cancer. I was using a homemade mannequin to get the design right when my friend, Audrey Smith, stopped by for a visit. She said that the dimensions were all wrong and that I needed a real model. I quickly agreed and asked if she would help. She’s always game and likes to participate in art projects, so she said “yes”.

First we made a mold of her chest and it went well (first image). Unfortunately, I used her very nice yoga tank top as a rag while hurrying to apply the last round of plaster. I owe her a new one.

From there, I poured plaster into the relief mold and made a copy on which I could weld the spoons to her dimensions. Then on Friday, I bent the piece onto her body and we had a photo shoot with David Gonzales (second image).

The auction is May 12 at the Silver Dollar Bar in Jackson, Wyoming.

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I stayed with my Aunt Kim and Uncle Dave. Dave and my cousin, Dan, are both representatives in the Wyoming State Legislature. We stopped by the Capitol to check out the session going on and we were introduced to the assembly at the end of the day.

It was a cool trip and good times reconnecting with family.

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Cast Iron, 4x10x11, $90.00

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Stainless Steel, 6 1/2x12x12, $150.00

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Cast Bronze, 19x23x10, $400.00

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Carbon Steel, 18x10x4, $150.00 each

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