Closing Zephyr V2, Opening Victor V2

I’ve cast and sold 21 Zephyr V2 minis.

At this point the work has shifted from hitting a casting goal, more of a limit, to understanding how much this mold will realistically support. The mold is showing its age. Most decisions now revolve around how much life is left in it and whether it will reach the original goal of thirty. If it doesn’t, that’s fine. I’ve decided it doesn’t make sense to create a second mold just to satisfy an arbitrary number. Thirty was a reference point, not a requirement. It will be what it will be. What this does give me is a clearer, more realistic benchmark moving forward: twenty.

The initial goal—twenty cast and sold—has already been met. Reaching that point unlocks, for me, development of the next figure, Victor, and opens the door to the next step: creating the full-scale Zephyr V2 mold for concrete gnomes to be placed in the wild.

Victor V2 has been present in the background most of this time and brings a different set of challenges. The posture, internal logic, balance between mass and gesture, and even how the mold will need to function all ask different questions. Where Zephyr resolves into a repeatable series and comes to rest, Victor picks up and moves forward. A useful shift. A changing of the guard. It keeps things fresh.

This feels like a handoff.

Zephyr V2 moves into its completed state—documented, cast, and now extending outward through a full-scale concrete version meant for placement in the field. Victor V2 moves from draft toward detail and execution. Back into development, where things are less certain and the next set of decisions begins to take shape.