I have drawn inspiration from the art style of stone artifacts in the video game Risk of Rain 2 (especially the Alpha Construct, shown below) as well as the Hedrons, stone monoliths from the Magic: The Gathering card game. I really like the cracked and earthy, almost alien finish to the Alpha Constructs, but in order to incorporate holes I found that I would need some sort of design on the faces (more on that below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maquettes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, I made a small-scale maquette. I made a cubic interior armature (as the sculpture needs to be hollow) out of cardboard and then wrapped it in Sculpey oven-bake clay. After baking, I removed the armature and began to drill holes. I also chose to remove the top cap as I was planning on making it glow in a different way, but that did not end up looking as I wanted it to. Next, I painted it with acrylic paints to a similar finish to the Alpha Constructs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n After finishing, I realized that I did not like the way that the circular holes looked on the otherwise smooth surface of the “stone”. It made it look like a cartoon asteroid and not the monolith I was hoping for. I decided to make another armature (octahedral this time) and carve designs into it in the style of the Hedrons. I was planning on drilling small holes in the channels made by the carvings, to hide them a bit more and also allow for some more detail on the faces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, after baking and carving, I found the the Sculpey was too brittle when completely dry, and would chip very easily. I was not able to complete the carving. I have learned from this that I should find a way to make the carvings (and probably drill the holes as well) while the clay is still wet or partially dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/04\/ac.png\")
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