Thanks guys
Glad you like them.
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Originally posted by yakimushi
The medium appears to be plaster, am I right? And could you describe your process?
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I guess I forgot to mention that. It's all clay. Stoneware, more spacifically. All 3 of them are almost 100% made from coils.
On the elephant I made the body, legs, and head as seperate pieces, then attached them all before refining and adding details. Same goes for the troll. The Belrog's head was all coils, and then I made the horns seperatly and attached them. They were done about half with coils, then about half way I just took a big chunk of clay and made it into a triangle, hollowed it out, and stuck it on the end. Speaking of which, all of them are completely hollow.
For those who don't know what I mean by coils, it's basically taking a chunky of clay and rolling it out into a long stirng about as thick as your finger. Then you just start at the bottom and start spiraling upwards. After you have 3 or 4 levels, you smooth both the inside and outside. Then make another coil and continue wrapping.
Coils are just for the general shape. Then after it's perfect, you come in with tools like ribbon tool and needle tool for the small stuff. You can also build up with additional clay, where it needs it. Things like the teeth and tusks are added seperatly as well, of course.