{"id":508,"date":"2025-02-28T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=508"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:39:58","slug":"weird-hope-engine-contd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"Weird hop(e) engine cont’d."},"content":{"rendered":"
My original plan was to print a standard video game non-playing character figure, at a vastly reduced scale, and then attach them to the train; thus creating a glorious public transport hat situation.<\/div>\n
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But it feels a bit on the nose. In trying to figure out how to subvert it, I realized that if I replaced the human with a kangaroo then it would become a weird hop engine instead of a weird hope engine. And I like that.<\/div>\n
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After deliberation, I decided the mama roo was the only way to go.<\/div>\n
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Unfortunately, for reasons beyond my control, there was a 2 week delay in me using the 3D printer to print the kangaroo. This has made my timeline for creating this piece really tight now.<\/div>\n
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Unfortunately, it printed with a fault and the adults hands are not attached.<\/div>\n
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I could grind them down and attach them successfully today. But, on reflection, it’s also printed too small in relation to the train carriage anyway. And I cannot reprint it again soon enough in the time I have left.<\/div>\n

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I’ve therefore made the difficult decision to shelve this sculpture temporarily. When I’m happy with the scale\/ print quality, I will go ahead and create a silicone jacket master mold of the combined pieces, which I can pour cast into again and again. I’m drawn to casting with concrete, because it’s functional and that is a core aspect of the pieces concept. Maybe tinted concrete. Maybe pink tinted concrete. I’ll think on it more.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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