R. Ruggles

Sculpting

  • Chipboard Web Armature

    Filling out the armature with a cardboard web, then adding a skin of chipboard strips to firm the shape.

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  • Building Cardboard Armature for Wish

    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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  • Wish Cardboard Armature

    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…

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  • Signature & Feet

    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,…

  • Wing Nuts

    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…

  • T-Nuts

    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…

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  • Handling Problem

    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…

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  • Clay WIngs

    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…

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  • Adding Clay

    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…

  • Rhinoplasty

    The poster board left the beak area a little square, so I reshaped the point of the beak to a pleasing cone shape with epoxy…

  • Eyes & Wings

    I drew a circle for the eyes on paper, then transferred the shape to the armature and cut the eye holes with a knife. This…

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  • Tightbond

    I brushed a layer of Tightbond III over the entire posterboard skin to give it strength and seal the paper from the clay’s moisture. I…

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  • Early Bird Armature

    I am building an armature for a new wall-hanging sculpture called Early Bird. Starting with a cardboard profile hot glued to two circles that will…

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  • Tripple Thick Glaze

  • Blue Bird

  • New Mark