D.V. Murugan
E-Mail:artstudio1@rediffmail.com
Tel: (india) 098402 70083

     
D.V. Murugan Sculpture    
Fasting Buddha    
     
       
Clayfull  

The sculpture, a copy of a 2nd century, Gandhara Period, 80 cms stone carving, now on show in Lahore Museum, Pakistan, shows Gautama, who later proclaimed himself Buddha, going to extremes .

 
 
 
 
 
       
Once the full size clay model is completed, the plaster mold is constructed. Due to the scale of the project this is acheived in sections.   plaster1
       
Full Plaster work   The details are finalised on the plaster cast.
       

After finalising the maquette, the full size plaster sculpture is ready for casting in fibre glass.

 

 

 
The Full Size plaster model.
 
 
 
 
 
Workers Detailing the work   The finalising of the fibre, this is meticulous work, making sure the details are correct. Then the last cleaning.
 
 
 
 
 

The Final fibre glass work is ready for shipping to the foundry.

 

 
Finished Fibre sculpture
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
©  2006 D.V.Murugan