Thursday, 30 January 2014

Moose Fired

Sculpted parts are fired, now it's time to introduce some colour before final assembly.

Monday, 27 January 2014

Edgar Allan Poe Bust



I came across a plaster bust of Chopin in a charity shop a few months back. I've nothing against Chopin particularly, but I thought that it might be an interesting project to remodel the sculpture into a great artist who holds some personal significance to me. Poe seemed an obvious choice (though, physically he bears no resemblance to Chopin at all!) so I modified Chopin's features into those of the creator of ‘The Raven’ and ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’
Interestingly, While researching costume details I discovered that Poe and Chopin were almost exact contempories; Chopin 1810-1849, Poe 1809-1849.
Spooky huh?

Saturday, 2 November 2013

New Baffler


I've started a new large Baffler Bird.


Sunday, 13 October 2013

3 Random Sculptures

I've been rummaging around and found these three older sculpts.

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Cheeky Monkey Completed

                                               

Three aspects of my latest monkey

Sunday, 11 August 2013

Cheeky Monkey

I seem to be in a bit of a monkey groove at the moment. Just finished up the sculpt stage on this cheeky little simian.

Sunday, 7 July 2013

Double Monkey


Seeing Double? Nope, it's the two hollow sides of the sculpt for a new Gripe Monkey waiting to be reassembled for firing.

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Sabre Tooth Cat


I’ve always loved sabre-toothed cats. When I was a kid I really wanted all the classic Aurora monster models. I never got any of these, but I did manage to obtain (for a steal) some of their prehistoric kits; cavemen, tar pit, and my favourite, the sabre tooth. The bases kind of locked together and I had them laid out in my bedroom like a tiny Natural History museum display. Sadly, I no longer have them, as they now fetch pretty serious prices on eBay.

Cutie Dragon Commish



The brief for this dragon commission specified that he had to be adorable; so I played down all of the dragon’s malevolent characteristics and ramped up the cute factor to 11. When I was sculpting him I was thinking about a book ‘The Flight of Dragons’ illustrated by fellow Midlands artist Wayne Anderson at the end of the 70’s. I didn’t take it off my bookshelf and revisit it until I finished sculpting, but I can detect a slight influence, especially in the huge, soulful eyes.