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| #1 The Seventh Station in Clay © CDW |
The Seventh Station of the Cross
The Creative Process by Carolyn Docimo Walton In my depiction of the Seventh Station Jesus has fallen for the second time and a sorrowful Mary Magdalene reaches
out to him. Jesus looks and reaches out to hold her hand. Simon is holding the cross and a soldier is helping
to pull it up. An officer leans over the cross to observe and to the right of Mary Magdalene a Pharisee passes judgement
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| #2 The Seventh Station of the Cross Hydrocal Sculpture © CDW |
The creative process usually begins with an idea and a drawing; but in this case, it began with an idea and
from there to metal rods placed in a bed of plaster poured onto a piece of plywood. Then aluminum armature wire was
attached to the rods to form the frame of each figure and the cross. (photo #3) The wire armature for the cross would
later be replaced with wood to give better horizontal support. The wires were then bent into the position the figures
would be in. (photo #4) At this point I had the design of the finished sculpture. Professional grade oil-based
clay was then applied to the wire armature and was modeled into five figures that were present in the other Stations and a
sixth figure of Mary Magdalene* holding Jesus' hand. The modeling continued until almost 400 pounds of clay were transformed
into the Seventh Station. (photo #1)
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| Photos #3 & #4 |
This half-life size clay model was then enclosed in a protective case and transported to Sculpture House
Casting in NYC. There over a three week period, a multi-section mold was made of the clay model.
Hydrocal was poured into the reassembled mold pieces and once cured, unmolded into an exact replica of the clay model.
This Hydrocal sculpture was brought back to my studio. Where I then applied a series of glazes to the sculpture, in
an attempt to duplicate the patina of the other 116 year old Stations. (photo #2 and #5) It was installed in the new
church of St. Basil the Great in Kimberton, PA.
http://www.stbasils.org/church/
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| #5 New Seventh Station with restored Old Stations at my studio. |
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| The Seventh Station of the Cross © CDW at St. Basil the Great Church, Kimberton, PA |
*More on Mary Magdalene
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