Dawn & Dusk....completed!

Dawn & Dusk (Diptych)
37 X 22 X 2.5"
Bronze, 2011
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Dawn & Dusk are high relief diptych panels of two female figures representing dawn and dusk. Draped figures stand in archway with a small verse unscripted at bottom. The panels were designed for a grand front entry door being currently built at Real Carriage Door Company! (pictures coming soon) They will be installed in an entry door next week and being going to the AIA Conference in New Orleans, LA.
Inscription reads:
Left Verse
Awaken to the song of wings
that every morning softly sings
Right Verse
Watch now as the sun sinks low
amber light and shadows grow
By Kim Smith (my Sister)
Detail of left corner on the 'Dusk' panel. The top arch way reads "Dusk Welcomes Dawn"

Dawn & Dusk Relief Panels

I've been so busy finishing my panels I haven't had a chance to continue posting the process, so now that I am done sculpting them I thought I'd post how I got there!

Here is where the idea began - a drawing I did in 2009. They originally were designed to go in an entry door made by Real Carriage Door Company. I've worked on this piece off and on between commissions and after each commission I would come back and change an aspect of the design. It has been evolving over the past two years.

Where I was in early January of 2011

Detail

Working on getting the leg of Dusk in the right place.

Dusks drapery is complete.

My Husband, Jeremy Broderick, really helped with the project being the perfectionist that he is! He designed text, determined placement, and sculpted the text. Jeremy helped stay true to the organic yet perfect balance of the Art Nouveau style! I couldn't have completed it without him!

Above are pictures of completed Dawn & Dusk in clay before we started the molds. They are now at the foundry (2 Raven Studio in Tacoma, Washington) and being cast in Bronze for Real Carriage Door Company in Gig Harbor, Washington. The door has been awaiting the bronze panels for quite some time now.

Poem Credit goes to my sister: Kim (Rees) Smith on bottom right and left panels. She is also the beautiful model for Dusk. She is always an inspiration to me and I don't tire of sculpting her.

Dawn & Dusk Progress

Dawn & Dusk are finally coming together nicely.

After some experimenting I decided that Dawn has to have a circle that gets attached to the panel instead of trying to sculpt it completely attached. I am still undecided on what the circle will look like.

It is time to start playing with the drapery now that I have the torso and head in the right position/depth.