Head Sculpture of my daughter, originally uploaded by mudstuffing.
From this day forth, I will strive to use more nouns as verbs.
I am back home, trying to work my way out of the post holiday funk, starting with this bust of my daughter Iva that I busted out Sunday and Monday.
Get it? bust… busting… noun as verb? Never mind that’s a bad idea anyways… forget it I even made the proclamation.
It sorta resembles my daughter, however she looks about 4 years younger. Over all I am happy with it, I’ve developed a lot since my last sculpture, but still see more room for improvement particularly the eyes and the transition from the cheeks to the ears. The eyes are driving me mad… the typical hollowed out pupils you see in classic sculpture wasn’t settling well for me, and these (the final) make her look hyptnotized. I’m hoping some deep black slip on those pupils will cure it… but I’ve had bad luck trying to cure a sculptural mistake using surface decoration, so I’ll be doing an extra bit of praying prior to the firing, and moving on to the next one.
Mom? Dave? Glenn? Get your rears down here some time, I’ve got plenty of reclaim to go around!
