Bronze Poodle Sculpture

bronze dog sculpture

Monday, November 29, 2010

Completed Poodle clay sculpture is now ready for the mold process

The clay poodle dog sculpture is now completed. The client will now review the images and make last minute requests for any modifications. Once the poodle sculpture is approved, I will give the entire sculpture a wash with a solvent in order to minimize any tool marks and shavings that may still be visible on the surface. The process will take 2-3 days to allow the solvent to dissolve and ensure the clay returns to its natural hardness.

The solvent is used to slightly soften the clay in order to aid in the blending.

Applying a wash at this stage helps with the surface detail in order to give it a more realistic look and feel. By not cleaning the dog sculpture surface before the mold fabrication will create additional work for me during the wax-positive stage.

Molds capture every detail; therefore, it is wise to only fabricate a mold after everyone is happy with the final clay sculpt.

A wax-positive is an identical replica of this clay sculpture; the only difference is that it is a wax casting from the mold. Wax-positives for most bronze castings are hollow. The walls of the wax cast vary from 1/8” to 5/8” in thickness.

More on the process once the images are available.


final clay poodle sculpture View of the under side of Trackers head.

final clay poodle sculpture Front view...

final clay poodle sculpture Profile of the entire dog sculpt.

final clay poodle sculpture The paw area showing the poodles nails. Let me know if you wish to have the toenails shorten.

final clay poodle sculpture Tracker (poodle) front leg.

final clay poodle sculpture Detailed image of the fur texture.

final clay poodle sculpture Another view of the fur texture.

click on any of the images for a better better view

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