Map Relief Sculpture

Progress and Final Product of the Map Relief Sculpture project

Digital model, which served as a guideline

Egg-crate in the assembly process.
The cutouts are based on the digital model

Paper towels being applied to the finished egg-crate
using water and a large paintbrush

Additional layers of paper towel are applied using
watered-down Gesso and a paintbrush, which
was then drizzled with wood glue for texture,
and painted over with more Gesso

Finished product, with ink representing submerged earth, and three

of the four faces given solid sides of

 paper (the side facing up is still "naked"). 

The relief sculpture is laying on its side, 

with the top-part facing the camera.

Viewed from the left side, top-side-up

Top-side-up and viewed from the front, displaying the "naked" side

Artist's Statement: Indulging my predisposition for literal interpretation, I created a model of a geologically plausible seaside cliff, covering certain sections of the white form in ink to represent areas covered by water.  The egg-crate method posed some disadvantages, such as the visibility of the egg-crate itself despite the layers of paper towel, and given the opportunity I might have used a different method