Rebecca Ruggles
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What I’ve Been Up To… Art Camp During the first week of June, I had the pleasure of attending Feather River Art Camp in Quincy, CA. At camp, I…
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Filling out the armature with a cardboard web, then adding a skin of chipboard strips to firm the shape.
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Layers of cardboard were added to build depth and shape for the body, limbs, and head. I’m going for rough shape and scale.
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I enlarged my sketch to make a cardboard armature. With the side profile as a guide, I can build depth and move from two to three dimensions.
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Wish is an Ish prancing with a dandelion. Full of love and dreams, his joy is as contagious. Be still my heart.
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Using my jig has been so very handy. I can flip the piece so quickly and see areas that need attention and detail. Like today, working on the feet…
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The t-nuts and bolts did a great job of holding the cup and wings to the main body of the bird. Now, I need a way to cover the…
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T-nuts are slowly becoming my favorite type of fastener. I already used these on the rear of my sculpture. The t-nuts allow me to create a threaded hole in…
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January 2024: Finishing up the giant purple panda sculpture, including a little yellow bird that will perch on the panda’s nose. Also, I started a new wall sculpture of…
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I built a jig to hold my sculpture in every direction to hold my work without having to touch it. I realize I need a way to see the…
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Adding the free-form air over the EVA foam wings worked; I had to do this in two steps to avoid handling wet clay. I also attempted to add magnets…
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This was the first sculpture in which I used Smooth-on’s Free Form Air Epoxy Clay, and while I found the result to be strong and light, I did struggle…
