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I finished her with primer and several coats of paints and
sealers.
Not enough bronze came through here so I redid some of it, but
here
are a couple of pictures so you can see what I am trying to do.
This is my first real baby face.
One cheek is
larger than the other. As
you can see in the
next pictures, I corrected it.
Sure glad this is
not for real!
These are pictures of baby as she is going in the oven for next
to the last curing. I had already baked
parts of her three times before these last two pictures. I used TLS and Kato Medium to try to get a
newborn eggy look. Every time, I had to
put the baby in the oven, I had a creepy feeling since she looked so real.
This is the completed baby with wings and in nest. I used some of the moss that miniaturists use
to get sort of a soft comfy nest for her.
Inside of egg cannot be seen, but I used several coats of TLS and final
coat of Kato Sauce to get the shiny egg look inside. Small sculpted bird is perched on the outside
of nest.
This is the almost completed woman and baby. She has two additional
coats of a mix of bronze
and copper spray paint applied on high spots.
This is the mother bird that I sculpted to put on the shoulder
of the woman.
Mother bird is mounted on shoulder.
This is the completed sculpture with part of the broken egg on
the base.
Several people have written me and asked how I did at the Arboretum
contest. I did not place or get any
award. The same criteria were used to
judge the Flight of Fancy category as the serious category where special
standards had to be followed. We had
been told there would be no rules and anything goes for the Flight of Fancy
category. I wrote the N&O and
voiced my complaint and this year, they changed the guidelines. But I was not too disappointed. When I went to pick up my entry, someone had
sprinkled red rose petals in the nest. I
saw these as soon as I walked in. We had
to wait a few minutes before we could pick it up so we looked at all the other
entries. When I returned to pick her up,
someone had sprinkled pink rose petals all over the base. So I felt like I had received the best award
for the show!
I just took her to an arts and crafts show on April 10. I could write a book of the comments and
observations of that were made. I am
writing one here for you and I plan on adding others when I get time.
A man and a little boy about four years old came by the
booth. They
stopped to look at the sculptures. The little boy said matter-of-
factly, "Dad, that is sooooo weird!" pointing to the baby in the
tummy. His dad knelt down beside him and said, "Tell me why it is
weird." The little boy replies, "There's a baby in the bird
nest!"
The dad proceeded to explain all about the birds and the bees to the
little boy. He told him, "See, the mother's tummy is just like the
bird's nest and the baby stays there and grows just like a baby bird
stays in the nest until strong enough to fly. And see the mommy
bird is watching over her baby, too." They spent about three or
four minutes discussing the bird and babies. The little boy's eyes
got wide and with a look of almost instant understanding of all of
creation and said, Dad, that is SOOO COOL! That is so cool."
I would almost bet this little boy will never forget this
sculpture. It was priceless.
Hope you enjoy seeing the process as much as I loved making
her---even with all the setbacks and accidents! This creative process was like
giving birth!
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