All of my bronze sculptures start this way, as hand molded clay figures on my desk! This oil based clay, called plastaline, is quite firm, and doesn't dry out as I work on it which means I can really take my time to get the details right for each piece.
This lovely expressive piece I showed to a friend unfinished as it is and he said he wanted it just the way it was! He has this sculpture as is with a few sculpting tools on the base, a moment frozen in time!
The lost wax process of creating a bronze sculpture is fascinating, and you can read more here:
Link for FB: http://bit.ly/2vSQzZN
All of my bronze sculptures start this way, as hand molded clay figures on my desk! This oil based clay, called plastaline, is quite firm, and doesn't dry out as I work on it which means I can really take my time to get the details right for each piece. This lovely expressive piece I showed to a friend unfinished as it is and he said he wanted it just the way it was! He has this sculpture as is with a few sculpting tools on the base, a moment frozen in time! The lost wax process of creating a bronze sculpture is fascinating, and you can read more here: Link for FB: http://bit.ly/2vSQzZN