The long, difficult making of my last figure took its toll: although I have lots of ideas for new sculptures, I did not feel inspired at all to start a new one. But I had a beautiful dream that made me return to the sphere once again which proved to be a great motivator. I’m not sure what is about a simple form that intrigues me but I can’t complain about the result.
Final version:
Here is the latest sculpture. She was very challenging to make due to her scale. This is probably the maximum scale that can be handled with the help of a wire armature. She was standing at 24 inches before I bent the armature, now the piece is 21″ with base. It is made of papier mache. I really loved working on the face and hands, the larger scale allowed for more detail as before. I would like to be able to sculpt expressive hands, so the size has to go up, up, up.
