The making of Talos Awakes

Making Talos Awakes - Part 1 of 20 In March 2014 we began work on what is undoubtedly the most fascinating and involved sculpture project that we have ever undertaken.…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 2 of 20 The image below shows two bronze sculptures. Numbers one and nine of our limited editions of Talos - Frozen in Time (set…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 3 of 20 It's not often an opportunity to work on such a fascinating project comes your way. It's always a pleasure of to collaborate…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 4 of 20 First, I made wax repairs to significant and extensive cracks in Talos’ neck as you can see in the photos on the…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 5 of 20 The next stage of the restoration was to tackle Talos’ knees. Unfortunately they had suffered from a significant deterioration over the years…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 6 of 20 The feet were the next issue to resolve. Over time they had suffered significant deterioration resulting in extensive structural distortion. Despite their…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 7 of 20 Left foot sandal straps repairs Shin grafts Two small sections of Talos’ shin below the sandal strap had split and moved outwards.…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 8 of 20 Ray's Talos sculpture In the 1990s Ray made a sculpture of Talos as the original had fallen into a poor state and…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 9 of 20 Paying close attention to film footage of Talos’ upper arms in Jason and the Argonauts, I restored detail missing from his deltoid…

Making Talos Awakes - Part 10 of 20 As soon as I had collected the restored Talos master from Ben we began preparing a mould. We based the design for…