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My Bags Are Packed & Ready For Gating ...

2/12/2016

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      I have added four more wax bag "characters" to the cast of unattended baggage ​that I described in my last posting. One is a "medium" sized "soft" satchel with two handles and a "zippered" top. I made various gradual indentations and bulges in the sides so that the bag would appear to be made of a flexible material. The satchel's handles are slightly bent, suggesting that they are also made of a somewhat flexible material. I created the effect of a zipper on the top by heating a saw blade and lightly touching it to the top seam of the bag. The next three pieces that I made were smaller. The first was an business attache case. The second was a "paper" bag with a folded down top edge. I made variations in the sides of the bag similar to those of the soft satchel. The third was a "cardboard" box tied together with a string.
   After completing these additional bags, I made some adjustments to the pieces that I had previously constructed. I created a slight bulge in the front pocket of the rolling suitcase and gave it a "zippered" top opening. I also added a side handle to it. I wanted something to give a sense of a human connection to the baggage, so I added a coat draped over the large suitcase. Finally I decided that it would make more sense to cast each bag individually rather than to cast them attached to a base, so I filled each of the hollow bags with wax (softened, not melted). This will help simplify the gating process as well as the de-molding and clean-up. It also will give me more flexibility in finalizing the arrangement of the pieces.  
    As I considered the styles and types of baggage I wanted to construct, I knew I wanted each piece to be 
different, in keeping with the idea of the various forms of "personal baggage" that most us carry around through life. Each bag would represent a different "journey" for its owner... temporary, permanent, casual, formal, serious, lighthearted, etc. In the end, I hope the viewer will ask: Who do the bags belong to? Why did they leave them? Are they coming back for them? Do the people know each other? What is in the bags? What's next?
​   Next - I need to begin the gating process so that my baggage will be ready for casting.
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"Soft" satchel
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Attache case ... paper bag ... box
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Rolling case with additions
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Large suitcase, draped coat added
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    Cynthia Smith, Maine artist, originally from Connecticut. Taught art at secondary level for 35 years, retired in 2004. Sculpts in bronze, wood, stone, clay & plaster. Her work can be seen at several mid-coast Maine galleries and shows.

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