This is the first week of the new term so effectively my 13th week of the class. I started taking chunks off the new piece of stone (with a saw mainly). I concentrated on measuring, marking and cuttting to create the plinth.
I then got a bit worried that the size of the shape sitting on the plinth was going to have to be very small and therefore look very odd. Paul (the tutor) suggested I create a new full sixed maquette out of clay to see how it would look. I didn't keep the original very rough maquette.
The maquette I made is shown in all these pictures sitting on top of the piece of stone. It did reassure me that it can still be a decent size and will look OK. Only time will tell.
In the right of the above picture are some of the chunks of stone I have cut off so far. I hope to make something out of them at some point in the future.
