The material
[Wikipedia]
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, foam concrete building blocks. Composed of quartz sand, calcinated gypsum, lime, cement, water and aluminum powder, AAC products are cured under heat and pressure in an autoclave. AAC products may be used for both interior and exterior construction, and may be painted or coated with a stucco or plastercompound to guard against the elements, or covered with siding materials. ACC materials can be routed, sanded, or cut to size…. AAC was perfected in the mid-1920s by the Swedish architect and inventor Dr. Johan Axel Eriksson working with Professor Henrik Kreüger at the Royal Institute of Technology. The process was patented in 1924....
The product is sold under many different brand names. Ytong and Hebel are brands of the international operating company Xella headquartered in Duisburg. Other more internationally renowned brand names in Europe are H + H Celcon (Denmark), or Solbet (Poland).
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, foam concrete building blocks. Composed of quartz sand, calcinated gypsum, lime, cement, water and aluminum powder, AAC products are cured under heat and pressure in an autoclave. AAC products may be used for both interior and exterior construction, and may be painted or coated with a stucco or plastercompound to guard against the elements, or covered with siding materials. ACC materials can be routed, sanded, or cut to size…. AAC was perfected in the mid-1920s by the Swedish architect and inventor Dr. Johan Axel Eriksson working with Professor Henrik Kreüger at the Royal Institute of Technology. The process was patented in 1924....
The product is sold under many different brand names. Ytong and Hebel are brands of the international operating company Xella headquartered in Duisburg. Other more internationally renowned brand names in Europe are H + H Celcon (Denmark), or Solbet (Poland).
How the figures are made
How I work with the aerated concrete you find in the workshop section.
After some experimenting with power tools I came to mostly use hand tools such as saws, knives, grinders. It is not so hard but rather dusty. I start with one block or glue a few blocks together make a sketch on the surface and start cutting....
As I often wish the pieces to stand outside they need to be protected from absorbing water by paint or by using "water stop" liquids such as Herdins Funktstop, but most facade treatments will do.
How I work with the aerated concrete you find in the workshop section.
After some experimenting with power tools I came to mostly use hand tools such as saws, knives, grinders. It is not so hard but rather dusty. I start with one block or glue a few blocks together make a sketch on the surface and start cutting....
As I often wish the pieces to stand outside they need to be protected from absorbing water by paint or by using "water stop" liquids such as Herdins Funktstop, but most facade treatments will do.
Inspired by Alexa Meade
After looking of the mind boggling painting on human bodies to make them look like 2D I started experimenting with a similar approach to sculptures. So my first attempt was to paint yesterday's sun shadows on a couple of sculptures. Maybe there are ways to show more of how the environment reflects in a sculpture, who knows?