Post #261822 by squid on Fri, Oct 20, 2006 8:39 AM

You guys is all too kind! Thanks for the kudos and enthusiasm! It's been a hoot meeting some of you recently and playing as well! Did Jones say "fatties"?.....

Anyhoo...it was bound to happen. Some wise-ass emails me and sez: "You must have made a mold from one of those Halloween plastic skulls." My 7th grade art teacher made a similar accusation of "cheating" on a project which caused me to be seriously mentally impaired for life (JUST ASK GROG). Or maybe it was the "fatties"? Hmmmm......what were we talking about? Oh yeah....

While I'm not beneath using reference models and even molding found objects as part of a sculpture, I never directly "sample" another persons work. What am I, some 2-bit rapper from the '80s?....OY!

I do the initial sculpt in plasticine clay. Then make a plaster mold into which I cast the wax. All the detail carving is done in the wax cast.

Here's the proof for Mr. Doubting Thomas:(real name tastefully withheld)

More as it happens!