These photos illustrate the 7-month process of creating a sculpture, from the idea to the finished bronze.
The Process
The process starts with an armature supported by a back iron. For the limbs of the armature I use aluminium which is soft enough to bend easily but rigid enough to hold its shape when the clay is on.I have roughly applied large lumps of clay to the armature.I have covered the armature and started to model some very rough anatomy.I have molded and cast the hammer in resin because the real one was too heavy for the arm.I have refined the anatomy and added some rough features to the head.A bit more work on the bodyI have refined the anatomy a bit more and started to define the face.I have added some eyeballs and done more work on the whole figure.Starting to add some very rough clothing. The lumps around his belt will be the gnome heads.
