Hi, This is my first proper post on Steemit and I would like to welcome everyone who is joining me as I show some images of my work. For my first piece I would like to share with you a sculpture I made in 2014 in Weymouth, England as part of the Sand World exhibition. The theme of the overall project was English books and writers. so I decided to do a sculpture based on one of my Favourites 'The Alice's adventures in wonderland'. As a book it has some amazing visual imagery conjured by the beautiful text but it also has some wonderful Illustrations by John Tenniel.
These I decided to base my work on.

Technique

I loved the crosshatched lines in the original woodcut illustrations and wanted to experiment with how I could create a sculpture of a drawing but still have it look like a drawing, so I scratched the surface to add extra shadow where Tenniel had in the originals.
In keeping with the subject I used a big book as a backdrop and the illustration was bursting out of it's pages. On the sides, as support, I made the March Hare and Mad Hatter. The sculpture stood at about 3 meters/ 10 ft tall.

Original Illustration John Tenniel 1865

If you would like to know any more please leave a comment. As this is my first post I'm still learning the best way to present my work so all feedback is welcome.
You can check out my Introduction post to find out more about me and what I will be posting on Steemit
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@ammonite/introducing-daniel-doyle-sculptor-and-film-maker