Hollowing out a clay head
Building a standing male figure in Chavant
Development of a small standing figure made on an armature in soft chavant modelling wax.
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Christine – development of a reclining figure
Little bird sketch
Pattination process: Richard bronze cast 1
Process of patternating a bronze cast at the foundry where it was cast.
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Christine – development of a sitting figure
Development of a sketch of Christine sitting with her arms wrapped around her knees. Modelled in clay.
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Process: making the portrait of Mathew
Process of modelling a small portrait of Mathew in soft terracotta clay. The last photos are of the biscuit-fired piece before any patination was applied to the surface.
Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 25cm x d: 15cm.
Here are some photos of the finished piece.
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Making reclining figure of Mikelina
Process of modelling reclining figure of Mikelina in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to a cast of the finished piece in plaster.
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Making a life-size portrait of Phillipe
Process of modelling a life-size portrait in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to the finished piece.
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Making a small figure of Phillipe
Process of modelling a small figure in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to the finished piece.
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Making a small figure of Richard
Process of modelling the small figure of Richard in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to the finished piece.
Here and here are other finished sculptures of Richard.
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Process: making the portrait of Kit
Process of modelling a small portrait of Kit in soft terracotta clay.
Here are some photos of the finished piece.
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Anatomy course – building a small muscle figure in Chavant
Last semester I attended a brilliant “Anatomy for sculpture” course so these are photos of modelling a small muscle-man made on an armature in soft chavant modelling wax. He was built over 11 sessions starting with the skeleton and adding all his muscles on one side of the body. As well as a life-model we used books, wall-charts, various damaged 3D models of the human skeleton/muscles, and a very useful iPad app for reference. Approximate size: h: 35cm x w: 15cm x d: 15cm.
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Making the figure of Letizia reclining
Process of modelling the reclining figure of Letizia in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to the finished piece.
Here is a portrait of the same model.
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Making the portrait of Letizia
Process of modelling the portrait of Letizia in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to the finished piece.
Here is a figure of the same model.
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Making the figure of Kit kneeling
Process of modelling the kneeling figure of Kit in terracotta clay.
Here is a link to the finished piece.
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Making the small sitting figure of Letizia, chin in hand
Process of modelling the sitting figure of Letizia in terracotta clay.
Here is a portrait of the same model.
Here is another figure of Letizia.
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Portrait of Thelma – now a relief
When I cut the head open to hollow it out I thought the piece looked much better without hair so I took a radical decision to make it into a relief instead.
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Portrait masterclass: life-sized head of Theodora
Result of attending a three-day workshop with Etienne Milner run by The Society of Portrait Sculptors.
Day 3 end:
Day 3 lunchtime:
Day 2:
Day 1:
Here is a link to the armature I had to make in preparation.
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Making Richard in despair
Process of modelling the sitting figure of Richard – looking despairing with his head in his hand – in terracotta clay over 5 sessions.
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