Thursday, February 25, 2010

Sculpture - In Progress

Second Project: Marvin the Martian




My first project in Sculpting Lifeforms class is sculpting Popeye based off turnaround and character model sheets. We used a translucent, black and white polymer clay and mixed them all together to get a gray color. The process is pretty interesting.

First, I constructed an armature using 1/8" aluminum wire, 24 gauge steel wire, foil and epoxy putty to reinforce the joints.

Clay is added after attaching the armature to a wooden base.

Details were sculpted using dental tools sold at the swap meet at $2 a piece. Sketchy.

Details completed before raking, finishing and baking.



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