a land of Tibet

Through My Eyes

Back to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma! You can see the results of the freezing in the surface texture on the torso and arms! I'm not much worried about this but I'm not going to smooth the surface until the temperatures are consistently warmer again since the same process will occur each time the clay freezes. Some more technical stuff. We can see the twist in the torso very clearly now and how the power of the movement comes from the hips.

Her legs are quite powerful! I could probably reduce the area to the front of the thighs somewhat. This is the area that corresponds to quadriceps, the large muscles of the thigh that extend the legs and flex the hips. Some anatomy helps considerably in interpreting motion. It's tricky though working from one side to the other as the peice must work as a whole. This is what I mean by working around the peice...

this view looks just fine as is! I've actually done a lot of work on the structure of the hips and pelvis here and added more clay to to soften the curves of the abdomen. I am trying to convey the strength and softness, gentleness and resilience of she who went beyond the reach of pain in a place that tries the physical form to the very limits of it's endurance. Each spring in Tibet from the stark rocky slopes countless wildflowers come to life as if out of nowhere covering the mountainsides with brilliant color. I imagine Tara Drolma to be like that. Each hardship she just kept growing back more beautiful than before.

please click here to continue...

* courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for

the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.


	Through My Eyes Back to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma! You can see the results of the freezing in the surface texture on the torso and arms! I'm not much worried about this but I'm not going to smooth the surface until the temperatures are consistently warmer again since the same process will occur each time the clay freezes. Some more technical stuff. We can see the twist in the torso very clearly now and how the power of the movement comes from the hips. Her legs are quite powerful! I could probably reduce the area to the front of the thighs somewhat. This is the area that corresponds to quadriceps, the large muscles of the thigh that extend the legs and flex the hips. Some anatomy helps considerably in interpreting motion. It's tricky though working from one side to the other as the peice must work as a whole. This is what I mean by working around the peice... * this view looks just fine as is! I've actually done a lot of work on the structure of the hips and pelvis here and added more clay to to soften the curves of the abdomen. I am trying to convey the strength and softness, gentleness and resilience of she who went beyond the reach of pain in a place that tries the physical form to the very limits of it's endurance. Each spring in Tibet from the stark rocky slopes countless wildflowers come to life as if out of nowhere covering the mountainsides with brilliant color. I imagine Tara Drolma to be like that. Each hardship she just kept growing back more beautiful than before. please click here to continue... * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.