Category: sculpture process
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Process of sculpting a portrait of Richard – about half life-size
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Making a small portrait sculpture of Rebecca Making a small figure sculpture of Rebecca
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Process of sculpting a portrait of Aston with his chin resting on his hand
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Click here to see another sculpture from the same sittings
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Click here to see another sculpture from the same sittings
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3(ish)-hour clay portrait sketch of Matthew
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You can see the finished portrait sculpture here. You can see the finished figure sculpture here.
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Small figure sculpture sketch of Maria – started as a 30 minute teaching demo, I then finished it from memory (over about 3 hours) using only the tool pictured. I didn’t have any sketches or photos but I had observed her in pose for 11 sessions so thought it would be a good exercise.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see the finished piece.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see the finished piece.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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See the finished sculpture here
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This is the first session modelling a small clothed figure of Lucy playing the mandolin in terracotta clay.
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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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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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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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Click here to see photos of the finished sculpture.
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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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Process of modelling the kneeling figure of Kit in terracotta clay. Here is a link to the finished piece.
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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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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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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,…
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Process of modelling a small portrait of Kit in soft terracotta clay. Here are some photos of the finished piece.

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