Yesterday was the final day of David Cemmick’s tutorial in sculpting animals (and a bird) at the wonderful Barcelona Academy of Arts. The three women- Gabrielle Trom ( a young Minnesotan who is so talented that she is now teaching at the Academy), Sophie Cahu (a brilliant French scuptor also specialising in the human figure) and Rosa Guilera from Barcelona (a ceramicist who blew us all away with a photo of her latest stunning piece of work) had to finish their bunnies, Kevin Bott ( a retired engineer from Chester who’d never sculpted before) had to finish his macaw parrot and I had to finish my warthog. We had to be done by 3pm when we were to be photographed standing proudly (or sheepishly) beside our efforts for the Academy’s archives! We all done good and David let us all choose a page from his lovely skechbook of zoo studies as a souvenir! Despite the wide range of age and experience in our small group we all learned a lot and had a great time! This was David’s first go at teaching sculpture and he did a fine job! Fingers crossed for more!
As a little bonus, Kev’s son Chris turned up to see his Dad’s brilliant parrot and offered to make a 3D digital scan of it and my warthog. Chris is a special effects wizard for sci-fi films. He did all the creatures in John Carter of Mars and is about to start in robots for a new Netflix TV series.
Once I have the file I can get my nephew Lukas to make a 3D version of it with his new printer! It would have been a bit difficult to bring Warty home with me on the plane as his is screwed to a wooden base board. All in all it was a fun and informative week in gorgeous Barcelona!
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