Hello !!!*grin*
I want to talk about chickens today but I thought that would be nice to share my progress with Hershey. when I made
Pearl, I learned that it was very difficult to sculpt one part and continue sculpting by adding clay and smoothing, when I kept touching a side where was already done. I kept going back and smoothing and shaping but this allows the sculpture to change. One way that I have done in the past is pre-baking parts but I truly don't like that. It is not the same to me.I like to see the entire sculpture before I bake it so I can twit if i need to, but for smaller animals I am fine baking the head first.
Soo... I went "hunting' online for a stand... a horse stand would be great .Didn't fine any. I found that the majority of artists that sculpts prototype horses uses one . These artists are amazing. I learned a LOT as I did my research. I looked on you tube too . If you are planing to make horses, I tell you... go to you tube and visits sites where professional artist shares pictures and you will learn a lot. Many will share steps, armature formation and such but none had the info that I need for the stand.
One other thing is that my work is in 1:12 . These artists that I mentioned makes 1:16 scale horses in which are a LOT bigger so their stands would not work for
me.
I
had to make one.
I used metal and welded my parts together. I did not want to use wood because I want to take the stand to the oven. Wood tends to warp with heat.
The stand I made is adjustable . I think I can make just about any large dollhouse animal with my new stand. ohhh ...I love it!*grin*
One thing I may add later is a lazysusan . Next time I make a horse , I will show you progress pictures and how using the stand makes it much easier for my work .*grin*
I am showing you my Hershey in clay prior baking. As I said , I choose to work with her totally in raw clay and I think the final results will show a much better animals sculpt. The reason is that I can smooth her completely before I finally bake her.
One may ask about her belly clay ...well... she has a aluminum armature and believe me or not a 17gauge wire with it. Cow legs are thin compare to the body weight so I want to make sure that her support was strong enough and adding the thicker wire help to do the job.
Chickens!!!
You all know by now that I can't sit still,*grin*, and I can not work on one project only. I truly like to take breaks between sculpting and finishing a project.Opposite of one could think, I give my all in all to each project but the way I work best is if I let each project to "rest' for a little while. This makes me excited when I finally get back to work on.
I have made few chickens this past month... one of my fav is a pepper barred rock hen. I will show you more of that breed later on. I want to make different breeds and different colors most definitely challenges me. I am thankful for all my years as hand-spinner that I learned to dye my fibers... it comes in handy now.*grin*
Anyhow.... I have this plump white spotted chicken available on my ebay if you are interested on her, follow the link on the upper left tab!
wishing you a lovely and blessed day!
It is so beautiful here in Peachland!!Smiles~
