Sunday, August 22, 2010

Einstein Bust

In 2006 i created my first portrait-bust, and decided to go with the world famous picture of Albert Einstein, sticking his tongue out. As pedestal i sculpted a book with his famous Equation E=mc2 engraved. This project was also an experiment, to create my first "real" mold, with plaster as support (mothermold) and silicon rubber as mold. After i made a couple plaster and resin copies, i tried to make one out of chocolate :D it was pretty fun, but getting the chocolate cast out of the mold isn't easy since it is hollow inside, so the neck broke and i had to melt the chocolate again - > see picture























This picture is the photo in which he sticks out his tongue to the respective observer..The picture which was taken in 1951, is still present on the front pages of magazines, on posters and t-shirts. It was taken on Einsteins 72nd birthday in Princeton on March 14, 1951 by a press photographer (Arthur Sasse).

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