The Denmark Experience - August 2005

Earlier this year, my son Robin & I were invited to Denmark to assist in full body lifecastings, for sculpture commissions for 2 different artists.
The whole thing was orchestrated by Per Kapper, someone who has viewed my demonstrations of a full body lifecasting at the “Make-up Magazine’s” trade show, 2 years earlier.
The whole procedure was very well organised, as we had four life casts to do in just 5 days..

Day one: A small boy of ten, named Hannibal was lifecast in the sitting position, legs astride. There were to be 2 bodies, cast from the one mould, as the piece depicted the duplicate character rolling a ball to himself, back & forth. Something to do with monotony. The finished piece, ended up exhibited in a Venetian gallery, as 2 children 10 feet apart, sitting on a lawn, surrounded by a white picket fence, rolling a ball between them.
He was cast in 2 pieces. A plaster back for support, and the rest in alginate. The head was cast separately, making 3 pieces. The arms & legs were done again, for good measure. He was then slushed with Plasteline & filled with foam. It was a pity, but there was no time to finish him, as we had other subjects to do..