The making of the monumental Black Nike
From 50 cm to 1 meter and on to the original size: 2 meters 44 cm
50 cm prototype produced
Summer 2017
Akim MONET (b. 1968)
Black Nike, 2017
Slate-based composite
Produced in collaboration with the Ateliers d’art
de la Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand-Palais
50 cm edition initiated
Fall 2017
h. 50 cm - Ed. 25 + 5 AP
100 cm edition of 8 announced
Winter 2018
h. 100 cm - Ed. 8 + 4 AP - 3D print from original scans
This is the step before the hand-worked gesso cast
244 cm edition of 5 in progress
Spring 2018
From the 100 cm 3D print to the 2 m 44 cm hand-worked gesso cast. The large version is so large that it needs to be cast in 2 parts
Working on the original gesso of the 244 cm version
Spring 2018
The bottom half of the monumental life-size version is here seen almost complete. When the top section with the wings is completed, and both parts joined together, then the mould for the final slate sculpture can be produced.
244 cm edition of 5 in progress
Spring 2018
Black Nike, 2018
Slate-based composite
Produced in collaboration with the Ateliers d’art
de la Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand-Palais
h. 244 cm - Ed. 5 + 2 AP
