Back around 2010, I was working small. I spent some time dabbling in bronze, but needed commissions to cover the cost. So in the down time, I developed a process for pouring pewter into high heat silicone rubber molds that I could reuse many times.

I developed 17 poses in rubber molds. 7 were male, 10 were female. I still have those molds in storage. Each figure is about four and a quarter inches tall. All of them were represented in the diptych “The Chasm”.

I used some of the same figures in “the Clique,” shown at the top of this post and “the Players.” all of these were dioramas of a sort.

I have a long standing interest in the role of context, and these pieces rely entirely on social context since the figures are copied unchanged from one piece to the next. Watch for a post entitled “Max Wax” for another study in context. It’s not up yet but when it is, I will edit this with a link.