Here are a few pictures of the new sculpt I'm working on, it's a lifesize, portrait bust.
You can see where I've added clay to reach the desired dimensions and placed dowels to mark where the ears will be.
Wooden blocks are used to firm and shape the clay mass. You want to get all the air pockets out of the clay as it will be fired.
A profile view, here I'm using quarters to guage the depth of the eyeball.
A profile view, here I'm using quarters to guage the depth of the eyeball.
A disadvantage of taking pictures in progress is I have to keep wiping the camera off :)
