Round Forms II

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Here's the first pass at Round Forms, at a cost of 7 pence (1x2p + 5x1p), superglue and a BBQ skewer.

It bears an unfortunate resemblance to the bastard child of a set of Mickey Mouse ears and a broken Olympics logo, but so it goes.

Fig 2 shows it in white, which was the initial plan.

I think I might go for a black upright, black or white base and a mixture of white and shades of grey (as with a lot of the early Mondrians) for the round components.

I might also drill a few large circles in the components to reinforce the relationship with the Nicholson shown in RF1 and also some of the larger Hepworth Square Form pieces which had holes.

Square Forms with Circle, Dallas
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Build VI

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Here they are in situ and pretty much complete.
Round forms to follow.

And where it all started.

Build V

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Steady progress today. Turned #9 black then found some Hammerite Dark Green in the shed (no notion what we bought it for) which is a bit bronzy.

On the #3, I had planned careful preparation and colour trials but, in the end, just slapped some red and blue on. I'll try to get some matt yellow and white tomorrow.

Green Ted, who was there at the start on Barbara's fireplace shelf in St Ives has reappeared. I think the real thing is rather taller than mine. So it goes.

The ping pong bat is about 6" wide and 7" high. Think on and play with coins.

Build IV

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Assembly is now complete with the help of some new clamps from Wilko's and Poundland. I made the mistake of using the wrong paint on the first. I should have used my glasses in the shed - I saw the word 'undercoat' but only when I had finished did I realise that the paint tin said "gloss, undercoat not needed" rather than actually denoting undercoat.

No matter, it will be satin black tomorrow. And the second will be undercoated prior to becoming primary-coloured.

I have found an old bat with which to make a start on Round Forms.

[Later that day]
The plan is to show them on either side of the new (-ly redecorated) fireplace. Round Forms might fit in the middle. The configuration should be based on the known pieces but given that they are approximately chiral, copying one directly would be unbalanced. I am inclined to use the structure of #3 but a mirror image. There is already a picture to hand from Build III

Here's a notion - build trial pieces using coins, lolly sticks and superglue. Fun times ahead.

Round Forms

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Looking at illus. 2 in the last post, it occurred to me that an old ping pong bat would make a good starting point for a less angular variant. Given that the Square Forms pieces comprise five squares and a central rectangle (proportionally 1x1½), a bat and five circles might suit. White circles (or ovoids) would also echo some early Hepworth and especially Nicholson pieces.

Build III

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1. The bases, two pieces of plywood each

2. Base and pillar

3. The first squares added

I would have managed a bit more today, but the rain started and I ran out of clamps.

I might be wrong, but I am beginning to think that the two pieces a have images of (#3 and #9) are not as different as they first appear. I think #3 is just backwards, or perhaps more properly, "normally displayed from the reverse".

#3 normal view / #3 reversed / #9

On the other hand, perhaps not. A larger image and a side view of #3 would be useful.

Build II

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I cut some squares a while ago. I'll start putting them together today. The plan is to make the two forms of the piece I am aware of:

These are all the images I could find on the interweb this morning. The previous build blog quoted the dimensions specified in the catalogue of 60s sculptures and notes that there is no mention of the central pillar. From the photographs:

• the width is about half that of the base 
• the height protruding from the base is slightly less than the width of the base;
• the depth is tricky to judge, but about a quarter of the base, i.e. about half the width of the upright.

In an arbitrary decision before starting today, as in the original, I am only going to use offcuts that are to hand for the project and so I'll cut whatever I find to approximate those.