Sunday

Its been a long day.
The most labour intensive part of making is the feet and legs, I have deliberately made the feet bigger than in recent figures, it seems to give a bit of gravity to the pose. 

attaching legs

trying to get the shapes more realistic

ladies pumps

another two

Then there were four!

Sketches of some ideas, I use these as a starting point and see what happens.

can you tell what it is yet?

First Post!

Welcome to my blog, I am currently working on a range of new porcelain work but thought you may be interested in some past work. 
A recurring question from people who see my work is.. 'How is it made?' and 'Does it have an armature?'

Below is a series of working photographs from a piece I made last year.  The piece was a retirement present made to represent the person and his diverse interests, you can see the processess from start to finish.  If you wish to see all the photographs, just e-mail me!

Working drawing and initial 'wedging' of the clay to remove air bubbles.

flattening

cutting feet

started!

forming shoes

rolling coils

forming and smoothing legs

coil building up to waist

forming waders

VERY smelly paperclay!

plaster bats

adding paperclay to surface

working paperclay on bat

using thin clay to form details

book detail

ice axe and camera

ski boot

checking it fits

trying scale of head

finished making!

details including: first aid kit, laptop, keys, compass and hand.

left for drying

In kiln with pyrometric cone to 1150C

after firing, a cream colour

1st layer of glaze and underglaze

finishing off - glazes will significantly change colour during firing at 1060C

details before glaze firing

Finished and with delighted owner!