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.