{"id":31,"date":"2010-10-30T11:33:52","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T18:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/?p=31"},"modified":"2010-10-30T11:33:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T18:33:52","slug":"work-process-revisioning-and-auricle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Work process: Revisioning and Auricle"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em><\/strong>Debora Alanna \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Artist<\/h2>\n

Summer 2010 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Edmonton, AB<\/p>\n

Predicated on Joe Clare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vision to utilize a stucco-like texture for this work, a search for the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcright\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 material brought us to the Durabond facility in Edmonton, where an amazing flexible cement construction application is distributed. In addition to finding the perfect sculptural substance, Jaromer Kaszewski, Edmonton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Durabond<\/a> manager heard my plan, and offered workspace to enable the production of Revisioning <\/em>and Auricle<\/em>. Jaromer consistently provided welcome professional technical advice throughout the entire project.<\/p>\n

Beginning with a (approx.) 4\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 x 4\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 x 3\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 block of Styrofoam\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 for the 4 Auricle <\/em>works, and a bundle of Styrofoam\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 sheets to create individual, unique segments of Revisioning<\/em> (7 masks), and armed with a QC Hot Knife\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 tool, provided by Durabond to carve out the material, I began to first draw and then shape the extruded polystyrene foam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cutting and shaping of hundreds of mask parts took approximately 10 days of working 9.5 hrs a day, 5 hours on Saturdays. Carving of the 4 Auricle works, hewn from the solid block took several days.<\/p>\n

After shaping the mask parts (Revisioning<\/em>) and solid shapes for Auricle<\/em>, I began wrapping each distinct part in sticky fibreglass mesh. This net would enable the first thin coat of Durabond Monobase\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/em> to adhere, surface cement that would begin to build the durable surface to ensure weather resilience and stability. \u00c2\u00a0Durabond\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expert technician, Pablo mixed dozens of pails of this coating to fortify the Styrofoam\u00e2\u201e\u00a2.<\/p>\n

The Durabond Monobase\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/em>, although dry to the touch in a few hours, was ready for the second, thicker layer of this material around 24 hours after the application. Applied with a palate knife, this substantial layer required a uniform application would be paramount to create strength of each piece. The finished mask structure needed consistent application to prevent compromised joints.<\/p>\n

Using the same application process on the Auricle<\/em> sculptures, the only difference was the amount of the material needed to coat a substantial size increase of the Auricle work.\u00c2\u00a0 Each pail of Durabond Monobase\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/em> had a 2-hour working window. Mixing larger pails of Monobase to use dealt with this size difference.<\/p>\n

After 72 hrs of drying time, post application, the task of assembling the individual mask parts of Revisioning<\/em> began with impaling each part with custom cut steel rods. After deciding on an exact location of the joints between pieces, a mesh square, as an intermediary bond reinforced the Durabond cement that would secure each integral shape. Pounding the steel rod through the 2nd<\/sup> thick coat application reinforced the joints.<\/p>\n

Each distinctive shape of Revisioning<\/em> mask parts had unique challenges in assembly. Not one piece was the same, uniform. Utilizing inventive assemblage techniques ensured the secure formation of each sculpture for exterior wall installation.<\/p>\n

Assembled Revisioning<\/em> masks and Auricle<\/em> pieces required the final Durabond Brush Coat\u00e2\u201e\u00a2, pigmented flexible cement. Applied with a brush, this waterproof application provides an impervious surface to weather Edmonton seasonal conditions.\u00c2\u00a0 Durabond\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expert, Pablo, mixed the brilliant custom colours for the topcoat.<\/p>\n

Once the work was complete (6 weeks from first cut to last colour Brush Coat\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 stroke) and transported to the installation site, Graham Burns of ANT bestowed the project with his talents as the installation technician extraordinaire. Hoisting each piece to the scaffold, multiple measurements made certain the 12\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and 14\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Durabond securing screws drilled through the surface of each Revisioning<\/em> mask in discrete locations held fast to the wall.<\/p>\n

The installation of Auricle <\/em>required digging holes into the ground prior to drilling marble tableaus and inserting Rebar\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 into the work that would hold each sculpture to the cement-secured stone.<\/p>\n

This sculptural process for Revisioning<\/em> and Auricle<\/em> was made possible by Joe Clare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s amazing vision, his appreciated financial support, each cheerful, contributing team member at Durabond and especially the kind, generous support of Durabond\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jaromer Kaszewski and his team (Pablo and John), as well as Graham Burns\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 adeptness and humour. Thanks also to Ron Snider for his moral support and photographic documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debora Alanna \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Artist Summer 2010 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Edmonton, AB Predicated on Joe Clare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vision to utilize a stucco-like texture for this work, a search for the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcright\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 material brought us to the Durabond facility in Edmonton, where an amazing flexible cement construction application is distributed. In addition to finding the perfect sculptural substance, Jaromer Kaszewski, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joeclare.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}