working on the foam

It has been a fun experience to work on the foam. I first spent some time carving and sanding down some flaws. When that was finished I started putting on a thin layer a clay over the entire piece. The foam provides much of the needed structure but still needs some adjustments and detailing. Once the thin coat of clay is finished I will spend the next couple of weeks fine tuning the clay until it is finished.
I will post a few more photos in a couple of weeks.

Life-size Spartan

We sent a wax copy of the Spartan to a company in Canada. They did a 3-d scan and with their milling machinery created a life size version of the Spartan. I will do a bit of carving in the foam and then coat it with clay and refine it even more.

The foam is a great way to get a head start on your larger work. The sculpture ends up requiring less clay and time to get to the finished piece.

Spartan

The Spartan is nearing completion. Here are a few photos of its current status.

Better photos

One of my current projects is getting better images of my work. I have built a little photo studio and purchased some lighting and have had a lot of fun learning more about photography. This is a preview of some of the updated photos. I plan on taking better images of all my work and when I'm done I will post them to the web site.

Head swap

I completed a commission for a family in San Francisco. They wanted the sculpture Emma's Garden but wanted the portrait to be their daughter. I sculpted a new head and this is the finished piece.

wax study

Another study from our modeling sessions.

Contemplation

This is another piece that was started in our modeling session. It was a good piece to be able to study drapery.