Antony Gormley Process

Antony Gormley, British sculptor, castes his own body out of plaster. He then takes that caste and layers it in fiberglass, then a layer of wax. From which a lead or iron scuplture is made, leaving the space inside the scuplture, open- a vessel for the memory of the body that used to be there. Witnessing the artist's creative process, for me, can be sometimes more engaging than the product, or makes the product that much more layered with detail that stimulates my creative energy. I appreciate this films breif window into the proceess of Antony Gormley and appreciate its time to release the verbal narrative allowing the silence and essence of the picture to speak for itself.
(photo, Antony Gormley, Three Calls: Pass, Cast and Plumb, 1984)