Monday, 20 April 2009

April 2009 - Sagrada Familia

The original:

The brief:
As you may know I was in Barcelona last week, and spent some time inside Gaudi's wonderful unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia - a vast stone cathedral built in his bizarre, organic style.

Over the main entrance is this rather fine group carving (above).


The figures are beautifully stylized. The pair that most caught my eye were the two solider-like figures on the left - they struck me as figures that would have seemed well at home in Star Wars.

Of course, they'd need to be made of something other than stone. Care to oblige? High res cutout is
here:


Finished work:


As always, click on images to view full size.