My sculpts start as wire armatures. I got some 16 gauge wire from our local gas station and cut it in to a 32 inch piece which I bent in half for the center(backbone) of my sculpture. She will be a fairy, sculpted in the Wendy Froud style...16 inches tall. Pretty weird looking aren't they. They(the wire armatures) have tin foil cores( head and chest) and then are wrapped with the white florists tape. For one one thing so that the wire and tin foil do not react with the clay and to give the clay something to grip when it is fired in the oven. It also uses less clay...which is nice considering the price of the clay.....
Here are two
sculpts that I have in process right now. One is for a friend who does so much for her family and the other is just for me to practice....maybe if it is good I will have it up for sale....maybe.
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