15 August 2010

Balance, revisited

While I was making Alchemy, I couldn't get an image of balancing scales out of my mind. I originally started with the idea of balancing earth & fire; I tried it once and wasn't totally happy with it, so I kept experimenting. Between 2008 and 2009, I went through two sets of brass scales and made probably 10 attempts with various bad ideas before I got what I was looking for. Here are a few outtakes with the final picture.



Almost, but no.
 



No.
 



Definitely no.
 



Yes!
 


Welcome to my crazy.

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