REBECCA

Client: N/A
Size: 13.5”t x 9”d x 5”w
Material: Bronze
Cost: Contact for pricing

Rebecca was the least invested model I’ve ever worked with — half-aware of my existence and asleep for most of the day. Every once in a while she’d stand, give me one decent walking pose, and then immediately decide she was done contributing.

Most of the sculpture’s gesture came from those brief moments when Rebecca decided to get up and move, so I had to work quickly to capture the stride before she settled back into her sun-dazed sprawl. When she stayed down, I spent the time drawing and studying details I could use later — the angles in the neck, the structure of the legs, and the way ostriches somehow land between goofy and elegant without warning. The studio work focused on feather texture and the underside of the form, slower details that didn’t require a live model and benefitted from more deliberate sculpting. The area where I worked was tucked away enough that most of the people passing by were zookeepers or their families, and it was interesting to watch Rebecca perk up only when they called her name. The final sculpture blends those quick field observations with more refined studio work, keeping her odd mix of attitude, laziness, and unexpected grace.