MDF carvings

Alexandre Farto’s work inspired me to create portraits by bringing a portrait out from the canvas itself, to do this I began the method carving into MDF wood. I chose MDF wood as it’s manmade and therefore it has no grains, making carving easier. First I created a portrait of Hugh Laurie on scale 100cm X 100cm, and included charcoal over the top. Then from my own photograph of my brother, I am currently in progress of creating a much larger scaled carving.

ongoing MDF carving with charcoal. 12 (90cm x 90cm)

Hugh Laurie. MDF carving with charcoal. 100cm x 100cm