A few weeks ago I posted about my preliminary attempts at a face cane based almost entirely on Donna Kato's tutorial. Let's just say I fell into the same mistakes most people do with their first face cane.
Firstly, I thought I could do a cane on 1 small block of flesh coloured clay mixed with some Fimo trans and champagne (don't get me started on why the only 'skin' colours available are Caucasian....). Big mistake, so I ordered a large block and again cut it with translucent and champagne. Still not enough! The last block did it, but unfortunately, I mixed the colours inaccurately, so the face has a little pale moustache and chin beard.
Here she is, unreduced:
Yeah...she's had a hard life. And been sick a lot. I think she might be a bit of a drinker too.
Post-reduction, she was even more afflicted; her eyes droop and her pursed mouth telegraphs her displeasure very effectively.
There was a heck of a lot of waste at the ends, despite the precautions I took, and I somehow ended up with approximately the same amount of waste flesh coloured clay as I started with after I trimmed all the bad stuff away:
Still trying to figure that one out.
Do you think there's a market for 'Angry Women' beads?
well done for making a face cane and doing a good job of it! A big task to take on, I haven't tackled it yet, too scared! it looks big.
ReplyDeleteI think she is reflective rather than angry but you probably know her better;)
What you going to do with her now?
Thanks for being so kind to her :D It was the biggest cane I've ever tried (at one point it was almost life-sized!) but I'm glad I did it - it was a good challenge.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what to do with her though - at a smaller size, she looks even crosser so I daren't reduce her any more. Maybe some very large pendants!
I thought she look 'thoughtful' and 'introspective' rather than angry.
ReplyDeleteGood Job! I'm not sure I am ready to tackle that yet.
Thanks Judith :) It was certainly a learning experience!
ReplyDeleteWell done, I think she's really good! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the annoyance of the only skin colours being caucasian too- I do custom mixes for other skin colours when I make my cake toppers. x
Of course - it must be worse for sculptors not to have a proper range of skintones. I suppose it's not too hard to mix the colours, but getting the tones the same every time must be a bit of a hassle!
ReplyDeleteI love her ... quirky and would make wonderful beads
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