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No. 19

Themed Sets & Sculpture

Festive Season 2023 Set

A brick-effect arch and columns, green pipes, mushrooms and blocks for a festive set themed on the Super Mario games.

The project

Scenic pieces for a festive set themed on the Super Mario games: a brick-effect entrance arch and columns, green pipes, large mushrooms, question-mark blocks and hanging coins, carved in foam and painted. The characters and designs belong to the games; the work shown here is the carving and painting. The photographs show the brick pattern scored into a column and a large form being carved, then the finished set lit at night.

Craftsmanship shown

  • Brick pattern scored into foam

  • Large forms carved by hand

  • Timber-grain paint effect

  • Painted finishes

  • Set installed and lit at night

Category

Themed Sets & Sculpture

Year

2023

Gallery

Night view of the set under strings of lights: green pipes, a red-and-white striped column, a rainbow, a yellow star, question-mark blocks and hanging gold coins.
Tall brick-effect column, carved and painted, standing on the sand in daylight.
Close view of a carved beam painted with a timber-grain effect.
The brick-effect entrance arch with coloured lettering and a rainbow above, lit at night, with green pipes and question-mark blocks around it.
A Mario figure rising from a blue pipe behind strings of lights, beside mushrooms and a question-mark block on a brick-effect bench.
Night view of the set under strings of lights: green pipes, a red-and-white striped column, a rainbow, a yellow star, question-mark blocks and hanging gold coins.
Tall brick-effect column, carved and painted, standing on the sand in daylight.
Close view of a carved beam painted with a timber-grain effect.
The brick-effect entrance arch with coloured lettering and a rainbow above, lit at night, with green pipes and question-mark blocks around it.
A Mario figure rising from a blue pipe behind strings of lights, beside mushrooms and a question-mark block on a brick-effect bench.
Night view of the set under strings of lights: green pipes, a red-and-white striped column, a rainbow, a yellow star, question-mark blocks and hanging gold coins.
The brick-effect entrance arch with coloured lettering and a rainbow above, lit at night, with green pipes and question-mark blocks around it.
Tall brick-effect column, carved and painted, standing on the sand in daylight.
A Mario figure rising from a blue pipe behind strings of lights, beside mushrooms and a question-mark block on a brick-effect bench.
Close view of a carved beam painted with a timber-grain effect.

Process

A foam column scored with a brick pattern, before painting.
A large round foam form being carved by hand on the bench.
Close view of ridges being cut into the foam form with a knife.

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