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Vent: Had to choose between keeping a rusty gear I found or using it in a sculpture, went with the sculpture and now I kind of regret it.
Found this perfect, crusty gear on a walk by the old rail yard. It sat on my shelf for months. Started a piece about industrial decay and had the choice: keep it as a cool object or commit it to the art. I glued it down last week. The piece looks good, but now that specific gear is gone forever, part of a bigger thing. I miss having it to just look at and hold. Anyone else get attached to a particular find and hesitate to actually use it up?
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the_robert14d ago
Ever heard of a sculptor's remorse?
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the_vera14d agoProlific Poster
Is that when you stare at a finished statue and realize you gave it a weird nose that you can't fix without starting over? Like, you've been working on this marble guy for months, and now all you see is a honker. In my experience, it hits right after you put the tools down. You step back, the dust settles, and suddenly the whole arm looks wrong. Too bad you already posted the reveal video online.
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