DUET SCULPT

T&D (Tina and Dave) is a musical duet and couple in Cincinnati, OH who approached Luke with the desire for a guitar player. Knowing they were a duet there was no way he was going to allow this piece to just have one figure. He surprised them with the concept using foam board (shown below) to make sure they were good with the direction. They were in love. 

While it was not the original plan, the final form required a simple base— as the result ended up with three, versus two, layers in z-depth, which made it more top heavy than intended. Something that is fun with these sculptures, is when the pieces that overlap create shadows that mimic the same approach Luke may use when drawing his figures.

When creating sculptures representing the human form in a minimalist way— it can easily come across as cheesy or overly realistic. Luke was able to find an expressive way to represent them while still maintaining details like a mic and playing the guitar left handed.