Michael Weryk

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@FoMaHun Fantastic photo! Really demonstrates the cast in situ scenario! Thx Marcell!

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@Antanarivo_88 @FoMaHun I think will try it your way. As I found the surface finish with the crushing-in of the premix into the waterglass is not smooth: it is slightly rough and granular. I love your glassy finish did you add any water?

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@Antanarivo_88 @FoMaHun I see. Just cover them with a plastic sheet I gather. Curious: Did you start with a slurry for the initial pour into the mold to get the lip tightly packed? And then add the waterglass and dry rain the slaked lime / aggregate mix?

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@Antanarivo_88 @FoMaHun …Smooth and glasslike finish. How long did you leave it in the mold?

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@Antanarivo_88 @FoMaHun Aha. I guess that’s why the surface is so smooth

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@Antanarivo_88 @FoMaHun Great result! v3.0 of @FoMaHun recipe?

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@UnearthedHQ Why are you even posting this rubbish yet once again when the last time, a few weeks ago numerous people already informed of the sculptors name. I even included a link!!! Must be a bot or a troll!

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@UnearthedHQ Seriously???? This is artwork by José Manuel Castro López. Look it up. Geez…. Ever heard of google image search???

https://t.co/6c1CGPxTr4

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@FoMaHun The T-pillars are limestone and could have been carved with flint tools which is harder than limestone. I don’t think this is a stretch to imagine. Makin a mould would be equally challenging as you would be making them 2x. Why do that if you can carve it with flint?

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@FoMaHun Oh Banteay Srei (temple of women) this is a super special place!! The scale is impeccable. I’ve been here 2002! I would be seeing it through different eyes now. Looking for different things! Cambodia …. Siem Riep area is just mid blowing

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@TheProjectUnity @MargettsBryan Ie no moulds per se, just formwork. (with waxed fabric?) The nubs are positioned low to allow excess binder liquid from the geopolymer to escape. The nubs in stones are quite different from those found in bedrock - these are more substantial and delicately / deliberately formed

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@TheProjectUnity @MargettsBryan You wouldn’t need a 1000 moulds if there are poured in place. Once the first & base are formed (notice many bases are smaller stones - easier to fit together?) then you need to form just the face and one side (even if multi faceted) if the back is earth then u have the back stop

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@HokiePolkie @TheProjectUnity And finally you assume it a quarry. Perhaps … anchient quarry repurposed later (mortar walls surrounding) the nubs are also well aligned X & Y axis. Ancient pulley system employing ropes? I need to research this more thoroughly to understand the context.

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@HokiePolkie @TheProjectUnity Furthermore if they were stuck so robustly as you propose ,how do we end up with such a delicate form??

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@HokiePolkie @TheProjectUnity 30” eh? Thinks it enough? And curved or hooked so they could carve the back side (furthest away from the worker) rounded or square ? It wouldn’t be necessary to carve them precisely if they were anchorages

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@HokiePolkie @TheProjectUnity Wow alien tech! That��s your assumption of others? If they are anchor points then it would seem they would anchor the top. If you look at the depth they seem to be as deep as the original outcrop. Slab would be thin & with the fissures perhaps unusable if they were to be large

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@HokiePolkie @TheProjectUnity Rubbish! So tiny workers worked behind the slab of the nub to remove all the material behind the desired slab. There wouldn’t be a slab to remove! too narrow to work & if it was an anchor point why bother to form it into squares & rounds? Ridiculous

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@via_lila_m @TheProjectUnity @FoMaHun There may be instances where an additional layer might be added but the stone strata is clear here. The continuity btwn original surface & carved appears natural. Even the fault lines in the rock composition were utilized is the material removal. Following the vertical fissures

[Michael Weryk @mweryk]

@TheProjectUnity Whilst ‘nub-like’ these are larger more regularly formed protrusions & appears the result of removing material. More astonishing is the sharp angles and large swaths of material cut out to form the bench, steps and straight back wall. The protrusions served some purpose?