July 2014 - selection of installation shots

March 2014

 

Two out of three heads fitted

 

Head sections back from the foundry

 

Stainless steel frame for the bus shelter 'Under the Hill'

 

Frame sections before casting

Mould making and welding - January 2014

 

Torpedo frame construction

 

Welding all the big bits!

 

Making the 'Throne' pattern prior to mould making

 

Big paw ready for mould

 

Silicone coating with 'keys' (for outer plaster jacket)

 

Torpedosaurs waiting for their heads

 

Torpedoes and wings

Wheel/wing profiles

Profiles and found objects - many of the forms start out simply as cut-out shapes....others are fabricated from an existing object or 'found object'.

Mk 8 torpedo minus warhead!
These will be used to form the three Ichthyosaur bodies




 

Profile moulding for the giant 'frame'



Planning permission granted beginning of September, so I have been working on the initial forms and moulds prior to the casting process.



Ichthyosaur upper jaw clay work

Preparing lower jaw for moulding

Fibreglass head to be used as a 'plug' in the sandcasting process 

Torpedosaur sub frame under construction

 




 

April 2013 - Selection of detailed planning drawings



Visual content layout for 'Frame' by Weymouth illustrator-Katie Rewse

Display of ideas at Weymouth Library - March 2013