Trashcan mini odyssey thus far.

Hey! Um… where is Trashcan?

I worked on Trashcan off and on for the last year and a half. After sculpting his arms three times I was finally happy with him. I decided to do the wax and joints all myself, and for this first time felt pretty good about the joints. Trashcan was looking fine. So I sent him off to Japan where TC would get his metal mold made, and then walaaa, we have Trashcan beened borned. But his arm broke in shipping, really just the joint and arm broke apart, but it was a silly delay. The the real magic happened. As it turns out I used the wrong wax for the joints… they wouldn’t melt, and it turned the whole thing into a metal and wax covered mess. The sculpt is destroyed in the process, and back at home, cleaning one day… I accidentally through the sillicone out. usually i save my sillicone to be cut up later and reused in bigger molds, but I was in a mood, and so… that’s gone too. I did so much work in the wax stage, it felt pointless and too painful to resculpt again.

so now… he’s in the hands of a professional. Naoya Ikeda is sculpting Trashcan. So it will be longer before we see him, but he’ll be here. See you in twenty twenty two.

What is Trashcan. TC was born in the dump, made from a pile of garbage and broken hearts. Is he born of sadness, and discarded fish and banana peels? Yes. Can he find love and friendship with the creatures he meets? Maybe. Will he try to eat them? Hmmmm.