Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Creating a Life-Size Bronze Mammoth



In this short video, paleo sculptor Gary Staab documents all the steps required to a life-size bronze mammoth (Link to YouTube). The piece was commissioned by the Omaha Zoo.

Gary Staab's website explains the steps involved in his sculpture of a super croc.

4 comments:

  1. Awesome! I knew Gary from 20 years ago, when we were both working on Disney’s Dinosaur feature film. Gary was sculpting maquettes of some of the characters. Great guy, and a superb artist. It's nice to see what he has been up to lately.

    The process for sculpting this Mammoth looks challenging enough, but the molding/casting/re-assembly aspect is insane. Fascinating video, thanks for sharing.

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  2. Great! At the end we just see the sculpture. Its amazing how much work it takes! It reminds me of a sculpture of a kodiak bear that Nick Bibby did. Here is the whole process :

    https://www.facebook.com/NickBibby.Sculpture.Bronze/photos/?tab=album&album_id=371026909692514

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  3. .. and the actual installation :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY9lEZHwccU

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  4. Fascinating and spectacular, but also mystifying. I'll follow up that super croc link for the wordy version!

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