Sculpting Material? (What works better?)?
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What is the best thing to work with?
What is the best thing to work with?
That and I gave a second question, I’m going to be making a bust, how could I make an outline for a head? In other words, should I use something else to like brace the inside of it? Like, a mini mold?
If I’m ahead of myself, tell me.
Thanks
DOMINICK
November 14th, 2009 at 8:16 am
CAMERON
CLAY YES I WOULD USE A POTATO HEAD TE-HE!!! HA HA HA I ***** MY SELF UP!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:13 am
SHELBY
we did this in art. we took wire and then made a mold time thing, with newpaper on it, then put clay over it
November 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
RANDY
Use clay or marble. There is no way to make a 3D outline. Just make the general shapes, and slowly add more detail. With marble, start with a block and work your way inwards. Any mistakes with marble will make your bust smaller, so get a bigger peice than you think you will need.
November 18th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
IVORY
there is no best. Just like there is no best medicine. It depends what disease you have which is the best.
The best material for you depends on what you want to express, what you want to do (size, color, texture, weight), what experience you have and what facilities you have (access to kiln, access to foundry, access to tools ).
You can use drawings or photographs to help you to make a head. You can take actual measurements of somebodies head (how far from the nose to the mouth/chin, how far the eyes are apart, circumference of the head and so on).
Depending on the material you use you will need an armature.
Just head to the library, there are likely to be books about modeling a bust. There are a number of books which explain this in great detail, none I know which I would particularly recommend, but if you never have done this they will give you a decent idea.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
JAMIE
I don’t know how you learn but there is a video available
Bruno Lucchesi - Sculpting in Terracotta: Sculpting the Portrait (105 minutes, Terracotta)
The tape shows Bruno sculpting from a model. Slamming the clay around and slowly bringing the figure into his vision.
A friend lent me her tape. She and I had been taking classes in sculpting figures in stoneware. I made a head about 1/3 size in class. I was able to sculpt it solid then I hollowed it out and had it fired in the kiln.
It can be ordered at
Other places have it also If you are lucky the library could try to get it on loan.
Ideally you could find a class. You would end up using what the teacher was comfortable teaching. I have used clay and had it fired in a kiln. I also had a block of wood and carved an image