{"id":405,"date":"2008-12-22T02:02:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T02:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2008\/12\/22\/a-bust-for-the-holidays\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:24:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:24:13","slug":"a-bust-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/zombielapdance\/2008\/12\/22\/a-bust-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"A bust for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Longtime readers of this blog might be aware that my father frequently requests carvings for xmas and his birthday. Of late, I’ve been doing little cedar busts, starting with a Captain Kirk:
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\nand followed by a bust of Homer.
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I’ve continued in a similar vein for this holiday:
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With Marge Simpson I had the same problem I had with Homer, mainly the Matt Groening-style mouthparts don’t look right when they’re mapped onto a 3-d surface.
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\nThe lower lips just don’t match up to the overbite.<\/p>\n

The bust design is inspired by the bust of Nefertiti:
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\nI wanted to accentuate Marge’s monolithic hair and her delicate swan-like neck.
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\nWhat’s not obvious until you’re actually getting your hands blistered on a similar scultpure, is that the Nefertiti head-piece is more than an aesthetic balance to her long neck, it’s a physical balance as well. Without the headpiece, Nefertiti would fall on her face.<\/p>\n

Here’s one more photo that shows the rich character of the cedar grain:
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