BLAKE-TIGER PROJECT - PROCESS IMAGES
SEMINAL CONCEPT and commission of all art components and the realization of the final artwork, by Rennie Catelino
TIGER HEAD, designed and assembled by Jim Nagel
BLAKE POEM, “The Tiger” done by a British calligrapher
DESIGN AND REALIZATION by Fernando Llosa
1 - Element placement sketch
2 - Drawing for tiger panel mask cut out
3 - Carving the first two layers of the tiger panel
4 - Surface tiger panel cut
5 - First Huion lightpad test.
6 - Blake-Tiger Project - 1st assembly proposal
7 - Carving the poem panel
8 - Lining the surface layer of the poem panel
9 - Lining the surface layer of the poem panel - 2
10 - Lining black linen with tissue paper to act as barrier - 1
11 - Lining black linen with tissue paper to act as barrier - 2
12 - Lining black linen with tissue paper to act as barrier - 3
13 - Lining black linen with tissue paper to act as barrier - 4
14 - The tiger's niche
15 - Top of tiger panel lined
16 - Blake-Tiger Project - 2nd assembly proposal
17 - Each panel has four layers of board
18 - Stained glass pane installed -Ready to line sides and back of the tiger panel
19 - Installing the half-inch foam core support for the tiger panel
20 - Tiger panel finished - Back view
21 - Lining the poem panel, last stage
22 - Non-glare glass protection x poem installed in its own frame
23 - Panel fully lined and ready to receive the tiger head
24 - Joint detail - Sapele wood frame built by Mark Speiser of Danby Hardwoods
25 - Backboard and sides of frame lined and installed
26 - Tiger head floated over stained glass. About to hinge poem under glass.
27 - Back of frame showing light pad and battery pack; all retrievable.
28 - Back of frame showing light pad and lid leading to battery pack
29 - Blake's Tiger Completed - Light off
30 - Blake's Tiger Completed - Light 0n