#derek hess

1994 - Shellac and Mule

at The Old Miami - Detroit, Michigan

WIRE SCULPTURE

I wanted to get started on a body to accompany the face I had made from wire, so I purchased more from the hardware store and got started. The wire was a bit sturdier as it was a higher mm diameter, which was a relief as I wanted the figure to be able to hold shape as well as move. 

I started with the hand, which after a few minutes of trying different things, I realised the best way to execute the idea was coiling the wire around each of my fingers and then pulling the end through the coil. this will not only get and accurate shape and size of the appendages, but it will make it easy to move each finger will also hold it in place, kind of like what a bone does for muscles, skin etc. 

Once I was happy enough with the hand, I continued the wire across the wingspan of my body and created the other hand and arm and pulled the rest of the wire into the figures chest.