{"id":562,"date":"2009-11-22T21:31:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T02:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2020-10-04T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T22:04:36","slug":"the-chess-people-undergrad-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/the-chess-people-undergrad-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chess People (undergrad work)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long long time ago, in a country far far away (California)&#8230;.there lived the Chess People.<\/p>\n<p>The clay figures are hollow (made with slabs formed into cylinders), lifesize, with the tallest at 6ft (Lizard King) and 7ft (Bunny Queen). The chess board measures 16ft x 16ft. The whole thing took about 5 months to make, during my senior year at U.C. Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>I will add more photos as I have time. But here&#8217;s the first ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/undergrad\/medaris_wholeboard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The Chess People\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/undergrad\/medaris_wholeboard.jpg\" alt=\"lifesize chess set made out of clay\" width=\"450\" height=\"305\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And my favorite guy from the whole set\u2014The Lizard King:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/undergrad\/medaris_lizking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The Lizard King\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/undergrad\/medaris_lizking.jpg\" alt=\"The Lizard King-6ft. tall clay figure\" width=\"480\" height=\"745\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bully Bishops (adult-side and child-side pieces), and my faves, &#8216;The Chicken Pawns&#8217; in the background:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bullybishops.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The Bully Bishops' from 'The Chess People'\" src=\"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bullybishops.jpg\" alt=\"The Bully Bishops from 'The Chess People' by S.V. Medaris\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A montage of some of the characters (pre and post firing):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chesspeople_montage.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Montage of 'The Chess People'\" src=\"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/chesspeople_montage.jpg\" alt=\"The Chess People ceramic sculpture by S.V. Medaris, a montage of images\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long long time ago, in a country far far away (California)&#8230;.there lived the Chess People. The clay figures are hollow (made with slabs formed into cylinders), lifesize, with the tallest at 6ft (Lizard King) and 7ft (Bunny Queen). The chess board measures 16ft x 16ft. 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