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Jason's ambitions and commissions get bigger we were asked how large
we can cast and Jason went out and bought an equally large piece of polystyrene
out of which he was to carve his next sculpture. The commission of a strong
steel worker back to Sheffield was asked for by Sheffield City Council's
Parks, woodland and countryside unit as part of their Lottery Heritage
money.
Project set up called 'fuelling a revolution' to commemorate the ancient woodlands around from which the industry emerged. The finished sculpture will be placed at Bowden Houstead Wood, and will be seen set back from Parkway the main road from Rotherham to Sheffield. A61. |
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Having sketched the shape he wants of the statue he starts to carve away the excess. 1 kg of polystyrene converts to roughly 500 kgs of iron. His target weight is 3 tonnes so a finished weight of 6 kgs. for an eleven foot man. |
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Discussions were held before Jason had started to carve regarding how the sculpture would be moulded and he built in what had been, asked making everybody's life easier.
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Above: Owing to the height of the statue we have to make half in a pit which extends 2 metres into the ground, the polystyrene is being tried for size. Left: The sand is rammed around and inside the polystyrene, here the
feet above ground are being moulded and supporting irons being placed inside.
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Weighing just over three ton the casting dwarfs Mr Walter Downs who stands 5' 10 " |
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This depicts the old Steel workforce of Sheffield's growth, possibly their answer to the 'Angel of the North'
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