Armature
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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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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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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 made it easy to…
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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 also built a leg…
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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 support the wall-hanging hardware.…
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The bird can stand again with more muscular metal legs made from screws. I also adjusted the tail feathers to form a point, reshaping this part of the armature…
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Back in March, I started this giant Panda head, but after adding some epoxy clay, it fell off the wall, and the ears popped off. I needed to rethink…
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For the panda eyes, I taped a round acrylic ornament in half. This created a fantastic, concave eye socket. I used the same technique on my alien heads. Pressing…
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The giant alien, with whom I used an exercise ball for the armature, is looking ready for the next step – troweling clay over his new foam eyes. I…
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I started this Panda back in February and got as far as adding a paper mache skin over a cardboard armature. Then it came crashing down off the wall…
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I’ve decided to make two more alien heads so I have a trio to hang on the wall. Each one will be a little different.
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Adding wings and legs to my gourd bird.
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Using a gourd and foam ball as an armature. I also found a cute tiny chair.
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I cut a beak out of eva foam and used masking tape to form a beak. I coated the inside of the beak first since this would be hard…
