#don dougan

BREAKING UP: LIPQUAKE- cast & carved plaster, metal leaf, black faux suede shadowbox, wood, glass, paint - 9½"x 10"x 2¼"

This unique piece came about after the larger, rectangular cast broke. I then deliberately broke the casting into a smaller irregular shape and then carved the  irregular ridges into what had been an uniformly smooth surface. Leafed it and then applied a light gray wash.

CORNUCOPIA 

SightbytesInstallation(seven elements)

from left:Hoop Driver,Bardiglio Pouch,Bronze Spill,Duck Head,Little Legs,Knotmouth,Verde di Prato Husk

Virginia slate, found objects, Bardiglio marble, Indiana limestone, black walnut, Verde di Prato serpentine

Long Lips(W.I.P. title) being leafed, session #2

Here is another themed piece which I was asked to submit to — the theme on this one was ‘Windows and cats’, in which I pay homage to authors/artists who have created some famous graphic felines, as well as homage to Ted,The Catman, who simply moved in with us one day. How many of the cats can you recognize?

PS - I have completely forgotten one of the fifteen cats I drew thirteen years ago!

digital drawing

Back in 2009 ago I was invited to submit a piece on the theme of ‘Ducks, lots of ducks’. So here it is.

digital manipulation of photograph

MECCANIKA TRANSFORMED: ALUMINATION- cast & carved plaster, aluminum leaf, gray faux suede shadowbox, wood, glass, paint - 12"x 7¾"x 2½"

This unique piece came about because the surface texture of the casting was marred by several air bubbles breaking-up the linear pattern. Solution: carve away surface texture and make the surface smooth leaving traces of the original pattern at top and bottom. The lower lip texture is unchanged from the original design. The original design was cast in several materials: plaster, dental stone, Vatican casting stone, and hand made paper pulp. All of these were titled as variations on Meccanika — hence the title Meccanika Transformed.

A 22K PUCKER- cast & carved dental stone, 22k gilding, black faux suede shadowbox, wood, glass, paint - 6¼"x 7"x 2¾"

This was cast from the original mold for the series. The lips are slightly smaller than life size. Over two dozen variations of these lips were modeled by assembling/joining multiple wax castings from this mold and then adding plasticene clay, or by modifying the wax to open the mouth to different degrees. Each of the variations had a negative mold cast from them — most of which subsequently had only a single casting in bronze or ceramic cast from them.