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I need better pics but thought one on the inside in my home studio/gallery would suffice as an introduction. The sculpture is limited to the object with (you guessed it) the blue balls. What you see below is the abstract sculpture pedestal I made for it. So I guess an inside shot works best to show that off. Both are made using my special paper-based compound. The 'house' uses Popsicle sticks and newsprint; the pedestal uses wire and newsprint and both use my compound. The sculpture is roughly 8 inches tall, 10 inches wide and 9 inches deep. The pedestal is roughly 18 inches tall and is 12 inches around. This is Original Jones Art wishing for some local shows here in northwest Austin, Texas.

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Rick Corbett 30 Aug 2021

This is truly amazing my friend, I love the tools you used to make this piece. Would love to know more about your special paper-based compound. Do you sort of make a paste out of the paper? Absolutely amazing. I also love to see a small glimpse of your studio/gallery. Great work as always!!!

Artist Reply: I've been perfecting the formula for the compound since mid-2018. It's sort of an air-dried clay which can be sanded and painted. I use t-paper as the base as it is finer than newspaper and designed to dissolve in water. I use newsprint to cover my armature and then cover that with the compound which usually dries pretty quickly in the Texas sun. If I'm going to leave it with a light finish, I add a bit of white acrylic paint into the mix which includes white glue, acrylic polymer and joint compound. I did that on both sculpture and pedestal. :)

Ray Steele 30 Aug 2021

That is cool and beautiful Charles WoW

Artist Reply: Thanks, Ray! I'll take some additional outside shots soon so you can get a better idea of the sculpture itself. Each one of the balls is made of my compound using half of the plastic eyeballs I cut away from another 3D piece called 'Eyebox II,' I only have 9 of the discarded shells which I use as molds and to make those 9 takes a full day as each needs to be hand worked and hardened in the sun. There are 28 total. :)

Dave Matke 30 Aug 2021

Very cool sculpture, Charles ! : )

Artist Reply: Thanks, Dave! The lights on the pedestal came out brighter than they truly are but color is okay otherwise. I'll take some outside shots going a full 360 degrees soon. :)