Post #242564 by loco moke on Wed, Jul 12, 2006 5:01 PM

hewey:

glad you like the sculpture. Hmmmmmm....subterranian tiki bar with faux rocks now you got me thinking!

Lingam:

I'm fortunate that I can get my foam locally here in the NW. My suggestion to you is to use the pink or blue board you can get at home depot it works just as well as the white bead foam. It sounds like you are using it to just block the shape and the final will be shaped in concrete. My hardcoats vary depending on the final location of the sculpture. If it is up and out of reach then your coating doesn't have to be really heavy duty. However, if everyone is rubbing the tiki before they take a straight shot then you better beef up on the hardcoat.
I want to encourage you to take the step and just go for it. What I found out is this: there is no right or wrong way. However you do it is your way...as you progress through trial and error you'll figure out shortcuts to improvement. When I first started out I researched everything. So much so that I wasn't creating anything! Jump in and do it, post some progress pix and maybe some of us can help you along the way!.

Benzart:

Thanks Benzart for the compliment about the sculpture. Believe it or not, but this truly is my first stab at a Moai. About six years ago I started dabbling in foam after deciding I wanted to "biggie size" from sculpting in clay. As luck would have it they were filming the movie "The Hunted" in town and I found out where the prop department was and got myself in the door. I struck up a little chit-chat and got invited back the next day to watch them fabricate life size logs and faux brick walls. I went right out and got a block of foam and started carving.
I've posted other items here but I think most of you probably thought they were made of wood. Here is a link to some tiki items as well as a few other samples I've made in foam. http://www.bradkaufman.com/fabrication.html
Cheers!
Loco Moke