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These pieces comprise one cohesive body of work that has been created by art and design professor Scott F. Hall, a sculptor with a BFA in sculpture from 1991 and an MFA in sculpture from 1994. Since 1989, Hall has been producing this style of artwork, which he initially developed through large, intricate drawings featuring entwined figures that spanned up to 3.5 meters wide. The drawn figures emerged through a process of automatic additive and subtractive mark making, which induced pareidolia - visions conjured from the amorphous field, similar to cloud reading. Once noticed in the field, each figure could be elaborated upon to bring it into clearer view. As an undergraduate sculpture major at that time, Hall began creating equivalent 3-D imagery focused on a single clay-modeled figure presented in a particular pose, usually in half-bodied form depicted from the pelvis upward. Throughout this three-decade-long series, Hall's sculptures feature figures in a solitary and bound condition - a depiction directly related to Existentialist philosophy, which was of great interest to him during the late '80s amidst Postmodern disillusionment. Although Hall's philosophical outlook has since moved beyond Existentialism and Postmodernism, the stark and quietly tortured look of his figures persists for consistency. Each sculpture in this series remains untitled, aligning with the surrogate nature of Hall's figures. The process begins with a small-scale white oil-based clay model, typically 12 to 20 centimeters tall, crafted entirely with the fingers. Composition of poses is only done during study phases prior to actual sculpting. Ultimately, Hall sculpts each figure quickly from memory, resulting in high realism but an impressionist sense - each viewer is encouraged to "cloud read" each sculpture for themselves. Following sculpting, each clay figure is turntable-scanned, cleaned of stray pixels, and converted to an STL file. If any digital processing artifacts persist (small areas of faceting), Hall tends to accept these as markers of the process. Some of his 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, remaining in the artist's collection. Contact information: Scott.Hall@ucf.edu Biography: https://svad.cah.ucf.edu/faculty-staff/?id=92