Fine Art Froguery
Frogue Magazine has named its Best
Dressed Amphibians of 2022 These resplendent critters will make their
debut in September at the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the Sculpture in
the Garden show. .In this post, I will show how I make my Frogues
from galvanized steel flashing sheets. First, I make a paper template of the
frogue shape and mark it in the flat metal sheet.
The metal shapes are cut out with chicken boning scissors.
Using chasing and repose techniques, the flat shape is made
into a 3D form.
I cut a piece if wood to fit inside the frogue belly.
The wood piece is epoxy glued into the belly.
Glass eyeballs are glueed in the head and a metal top of
head is added.
The bottom of the frogue is painted with black exterior
house paint.
The top surface of the frog is painted using a pointillism
technique. this allows the shiny metal to show, giving a sense of light and
movement.
In this series, I have used primary, secondary colors and
black and white exterior house paint.
Come to the Botanical Garden and select your favorite Frogue.
Forrest
