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These works comprise a single body of art that Professor Scott F. Hall, a renowned sculptor and designer, has been creating from 1989 to the present. Hall initially developed this style by crafting intricate drawings featuring sprawling spans of figures, often measuring up to 3.5 meters wide. The drawn figures emerged through an automatic process of additive and subtractive mark making, which triggered pareidolia - visions conjured from the amorphous field, akin to cloud reading. Upon noticing a figure in the field, Hall would elaborate on it to bring it fully into view. As an undergraduate sculpture major at the time, Hall began creating equivalent 3-D imagery focused on single clay-modeled figures presented in specific poses, typically depicted from the pelvis upward. Throughout this three-decade-long series, Hall's sculptures showcase figures in solitary and bound conditions, referencing Existentialist philosophy, which was a key interest of his during the late '80s amidst Postmodern disillusionment. Although Hall's philosophical outlook has since evolved beyond these ideologies, the stark and quietly tortured look of his figures persists for consistency. Every sculpture in this series remains untitled, aligning with the surrogate nature of Hall's figures. Typically, each sculpture begins as a small-scale white oil-based clay model, measuring 12 to 20 centimeters tall. Modeling is often done entirely by hand using fingers. Composition of poses occurs during study phases prior to actual sculpting. Ultimately, Hall sculpts each figure quickly from memory, resulting in highly realistic yet impressionist works that invite viewers to interpret them individually. Following sculpting, each clay figure is turntable-scanned, cleaned of stray pixels, and converted to an STL file. If digital processing artifacts persist, Hall accepts these as markers of the creative process. Several of Hall's earliest pieces were molded in silicone and cast in wax, plaster, or resin. The first piece in this series exists as a one-of-a-kind lost wax bronze and remains in the artist's collection. To contact Professor Scott F. Hall, send an email to scott.hall@ucf.edu. For more information about his biography, visit https://svad.cah.ucf.edu/faculty-staff/?id=92.