Found powder coated steel panel; cleaned and prepared for working (apple for scale). Work in progress.

The completed travel / storage box for Dreaming Through the Gateway. A sliding guillotine front entry panel was constructed to replace the barn door opening approach. And the box lid (not pictured here) securely seals the box. 

The travel box construction is now underway; shown here with the beginnings of the barn door opening, which will allow for access to the sculpture.

With the completion of this ethafoam base made in accordance to the footprint of Dreaming Through the Gateway; I can now move on to the next step of building the travel box which will house it and the new sculpture.

This sculpture is now completed. As it turns out, its completion is on the first day of spring and the last day of Pisces; sign of the dreamer. When I began this work over four years ago, I could not fully imagine the time that this sculpture would require. Though any time estimate would have been a moot approximation in comparison to my impulse to begin this work then and my drive to follow through with its resolution. A far away inner territory; pioneered and finally claimed: Dreaming Through the Gateway. 2016-2021. Coated steel sheeting, steel tin, rivets, and hanging wire. 14.75" x 32" x 27". *(Note: more comprehensive images to follow in the near future, once this piece is properly photographed.)

This improvised leather thimble roll enables for focused pressure to be applied in supporting the rivet tabs, while relatively safely awl puncturing and drilling directly towards my finger. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Work table view: 2:36pm Sunday October 11, 2020. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

The figure's right kneecap successfully assembled, upon its third iteration. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Progression development of the figure's right leg; formed in oak tag paper initially, and then translated to steel tin. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

In the process of conceptualizing the final leg of this sculpture. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Shape elements comprising the figure's skirt, shown in process prior to attachment tab drilling. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Rib cage and upper abdomen shape positioned underneath left breast, in order to match and mark rivet hole locations on hidden attachment tabs. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Sculpture element, bent prior to incorporation with the overall piece. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Shape elements, staged prior to marking the attachment tabs with rivet hole locations. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Shape element to be included as part of a kimono sleeve covering the figure's left arm, packed with leather inner fortification prior to the attachment tab drilling. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Shape element forming a pillow behind the figure's head, packed with leather inner fortification prior to the attachment tab drilling. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Interior view of figure's face and hair. Due to the delicacy of scale, the fastening of the attachment tabs in the face (and portions of the hair) necessitated hand sewing with aluminum hanging wire. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

The succession of brow bone template shape iterations required in the process of resolving the finalized shape. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

The nose and cheekbones template shape drawn prior to cutting and shaping. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Interior view of the female figure's neck, collar, and upper chest. Tin sheets that have been cut, bent, and pop-riveted together. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)

Working in my former studio. Drilling holes in the attachment tabs of the jaw element of the figure's face. (Dreaming Through the Gateway)