Work on the Angel has commenced. . .
The first thing was to clean-up the numerous nubs and such that prevented the fit of the compo- nents from being anything but marginal. This helped some, but there is still work to be done.
Second, I pinned the wings and the rt. forearm. As much as I dislike pinning figures, there was no way around this, especially as these parts are slated for repositioning.
The last step in this opening round was the repositioning of the wings. The wings as provided are essentially in a trussed attitude. That, along with the absence of any pedestal to the funerary sculpture, allows the subject to overwhelm his perch. In short, the angel is undeniably under- sized; but only because the design of the monument was underdeveloped.
The first thing done to increase the presence of the monument, if only visually, was reposition the wings to a displayed, albeit inverted, attitude. The inverted wings provide for the subject to become the focal point of the work. By carefully staging the sculpture, and thus creating a forced downward foreshortening, the sculpture should appear larger than it actually is, thus restoring balance--and credibility--to the presentation.
To be continued. . .
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