Today I began the head for a new doll/puppet and as these things quite often have a life of their own I thought you might join me and see where we end up. So, this new character was made with tin foil as a base and an air drying polymer clay called 'Apoxie Sculpt' for the details, I decided to have a go with this new matrerial (for me) after my last puppet making venture went up in flames after I accidentally set alight to the arch angel gabriel I had been cooking in my oven... after having spent some considerable time (and money) on him I wasn't best pleased. So a polymer clay that doesn't need cooking sounded pretty good - if a little pricey for the amount of clay provided! Anyway, they have a way of making their own identity known - this one for instance was meant to be female but insisted on being male - and bears an uncanny resemblance to my father, to whom I'm about to add some horns... oops, really not intended. The clay itself is odd for want of a better word, it's pretty tricky to sculpt but gets more pliable the more it's handled, but for a while there I wasn't sure if I would get any kind of result at all. It's fairly waxy and the surface was cracking at first whenever it was manipulated, as I persevered though it did gradually come together. So this is it so far, I'm about to add some more and will attempt to post up my progress. Wish me luck!
