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AJ Final Portrait Sculpture and How it Was Made

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Uploaded by on Dec 30, 2011

Here's the portrait of my son AJ in an almost complete stage. I show how it was made, what tools I use and how to light for sculpting.

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  • Great sculpt & video Marc!

    Jeff

  • Pyjamas all day - For the Win! LOL

  • That's really cool Marc. I think the ear positions are way better here. Was great to see a close up of the eyes. Nice work!

    I reckon you should consider taking a mould for posterity. Might make a fun casting project in your elder years! :)

  • wonderfull.. very well done.

  • etsy might be a good place to advertise and sell such works

  • You can also add sculptures like these to functional pottery. There's a long tradition of face jugs in existence. It might also be neat having a cup or mug with your own portrait on it. This would take collaboration with a potter or you'd have to learn the skills yourself though.

    Using oil or acrylic painting techniques on top of a sculpture would also give you an infinite amount of opportunity to create stylized or realistic additions to the bust. You'd have to fire it and seal it though.

  • As for ideas for how to make a profit for doing things like this, I gained a few from my Ceramics class last fall.

    You could sculpt busts of families or children as portraits. Advertise that these capture much more than a photo ever could. Try to get potential clients to imagine such a sculpture sitting in their home or office and reasons why they'd need it.

    

  • Great job Marc,

    Here's some ideas to throw at you for where to go from here(or for other similar projects):

    You could fire the clay in a kiln and then seal the ceramics to add a patina to simulate bronze sculpture. You many have to Google a bit to find some info on this.

    Making a mold was a good idea. You then could make replications through slipcasting or even create a wax positive for lost wax casting with bronze. It'd be expensive, but neat to have something so permanent.

  • Marc, Henry Alvarez us on FB. He used to do make up in Hollywood. He now makes wax figures and monuments. You might look him up.

  • Beautiful job Marc!

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