Glass eyes for Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Here are the glass eyes I will be using for the clay sculpture. Normally I will use clay for the eyes, but the clients requested the original clay sculpture of their Oxford, the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. The taxidermy eyes will give Oxford more of a life-like appearance.

Sanding Gloves for shaping Styrofoam

I came across these sanding gloves and I am hoping they will assist me in the shaping of the foam that will serve as the armature. 

They are suitable for both left and right handed users, for faster and comfortable, hand sanding. I ordered two so that I can use them on each hand. 

When sculpting, symmetry is important. In other words, what I feel on one hand I ensure the other hand will shape accordingly.  

The sanding glove comes with one coarse 60 grit pad. The 60 grit should be able to remove the desired amount of foam.  In the past I used rasp, but they have their limitation. 

Conforms to all types of shapes and surfaces, the firm yet flexible structure of the sanding glove helps eliminate fatigue encountered when holding a sanding block and the open mesh fabric provides ventilation.  

Roughing out the styrofoam dog with hotwire tools

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These videos demonstrate the tools and steps I use to rough-out my Styrofoam dog. The foam dog is used for the armature.

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier armature

The video show how I use a hotwire to cut out the Styrofoam pattern that will be used for my armature.

Hotwire and foam setup for dog armature

Preparing the hot-wire, Styrofoam; table for the Sunday noon foam cut-out that will serve as the armature for the bronze soft coated wheaten terrier sculpture. 

The canine outline has been marked onto the block of foam. The orange arrows indicate the hot-wire that is used to cut the foam.

Special Christmas Gift for a Special Person

The bronze dog sculpture gift was presented as a Christmas gift. Per the feedback I received... the gift went extremely well. Merry Christmas... :)