Sunday, 30 September 2012

The Sculpture.

Each member of the group had to produce a sculpture that is a replica of the designs that they had previously made for the summer-project.
We had to use something called Green Stuff, a form of epoxy putty.
The first step was building the 'skeleton' so to say, out of wire, so that the putty would stay in place and we could build forms easier. This was done by bending and twisting wires and sticking it into a cork.
Next we had to build the legs/torso.
I had no experience in sculpting before so I found this probably the hardest part of the project as a whole. Hopefully I'll improve if we have any future projects that involve sculpting.
Building the torso and legs was the easiest part, by just putting putty on piece by piece and molding the basic shape of a torso. Then things got a little complicated as we had to do the head and arms.
I started the head on a toothpick, started by pinching in the nose and then using tools to mold in the rest of the face.

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