Monday, October 20, 2014

Concentration I : The Fortune Teller - Construction

My concentration so far has something to do with creating busts of different characters from a whimsical world that has sprung from my head. I am trying to tighten up the concept. 

This piece is the first of my concentration pieces and it is of a gypsy-like wandering woman. 

UPDATE: Since my concentration is now based on circus, freak show, and carnival characters, this bust will now be titled, "The Fortune Teller" as opposed to "The Gypsy."

I started by combining two pinch pots stuffed with newspaper and attaching a neck to the newly formed clay sphere. 
I pushed in some craters for eye sockets and added some rough lips and a nose. 


I added some eyes and eyelids and I added the semblance of a smirk to my character.



I than commenced my favorite part of the process: carving out the innards of my bust and removing the newspaper. In this part, it is essential that one carves out enough excess of inner clay that the clay is a uniform thickness. 


I added a chest piece and thickened the neck.


Noticing that the forehead seemed a little lacking, I added some clay to the top of my character's head. 




I finally added the hair and the bust.


I sculpted a veil and used a bayer over lace to create the texture. I also sculpted a ruffled off-the-shoulder shirt. 


Voila! It is fired and ready to glaze!




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