Bronze Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Sculpture

The Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier is a breed of dog originating in Ireland. There are four coat varieties: Traditional Irish, Heavy Irish, English, and American. These dogs have a single coat which sheds very little hair, so they can be more easily tolerated by people allergic to other breeds.
(source wikipedia)

Friday, June 17, 2011

Applying the clay to the dog armature - clay to bronze

This video show the procedure for applying the clay on to the dog form/dog manikin. I melt Chavant NSP Hard in a crockpot and use a brush to  apply the layers of clay. Set the crockpot to low, too high of a temperature will burn your clay. Four pounds of clay took about 3 hours to melt.
This dog sculpture will undergo 3-4 coats of clay before I begin the detail work.



dog sculpture armature clayup

dog sculpture armature clayup
Results of the first coat of clay.

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