Round two... I had another crack at this chap- I thought he needed a little bit of adjustment to his ears and bottom lip, the addition of milliput (a two part epoxy putty) accentuated both forms quite nicely. The paint finish is not quite there yet- an air brush is on my christmas list! #ape #clay #fibreglass #sculpture #haireffects

This week the airs been a thick concoction of smells; silicone, resin, acetone, varnish, to produce this... A fiberglass/resin cast of my ape. Check my previous post to see a photographic diary to my processes used to create him! The fiberglass cast has been primed with a gesso base then worked into with layers of acrylic washes. -I find working with the lightest colours first enables you to take back the layers of dark with a sponge to reveal the lighter tones in relief. The

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This is the fist of many more university projects to come! As part of our "skills training fortnight" My class of 4 have been set the task of making a 'Planet of the Apes' - inspired mask/bust. The clay sculpture is founded on a small mound of plaster cloth coated polystyrene- sealed with shellac. From these sculpts I hope to make a glass fibre and polyester resin cast. Above to can see me getting to grips with "roughing out" my sculpture!. The whole purpose of the sculpting