Description
City Life -Vida del Pueblo
by: Richard Siegel
Living in town represents a work depicting life in cities. People living one on top of the other. This sculpture is actually inspired by a tiled painting I did called City Life. Which was sold to a Swedish art collector who is very happy with it in his collection.
What is city life to me?
When I think of a city, or even a town, I think of having people on top of me, below me, to the left and to the right. Part of so many things going on around you, piled up on top of you, and as you may note – almost impossible to park your car. Can you find the car in this sculpture?
The sculpture was created blind folded as the main forms were added. Once the main structure was completed the blind fold was removed and then I could begin sculpting the cubes I had laid into structure like housing. This took many weeks to bring out the natural buildings of a city.
Then the work is slow dried in the natural air, making sure it dries evenly and does not crack apart. One dried it is reading to put in the oven at 900 degrees c for its first cooking and hardening. Once it has cooked for 24 hours it comes out to cool.
It then took several weeks to apply two base coats, each requires 24 hours to dry. Once the base is done I can start to apply the various engobe colors. Each color layer taking 24 hours to dry. Once the colors are laid the details can be applied with the same waiting times for drying. It then passes through the oven again.
Once it comes out of the oven and cools for 24 hours I can apply the clear coat enamel and let that dry for a day. The clear coat enamel assures the colors stay for a long time, you can clean it easily. It then goes in the oven again. This sculpture took more than 4 months to complete.
Dimensions of Work:
- 22cm x 20cm (8.5″ x 8″)
- x 24cm height (9.5″)
- 4.8kg Weight
Materials:
- Red Clay
- Variety of engobe colors
- Clear lacquer
Signed “Rick” dated (2016)
