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Time for the Rifflers

Well, here it is three-quarters of the way through May and detailing has slowed to a crawl. I have abandoned the Dremel grinder and moved to the Riffler Files. (You can see a little pile of them in the lower right corner of the picture). Below is a closer look at them, but basically, theyContinue reading “Time for the Rifflers”

Details – – – Details!!!

Now comes the hard/fun part. The horse that the rider is on has been anchored to the plywood base, but everything else is loose so I can work on them individually. Most of my efforts this week went into the rider. He now has a full headdress, the spear is defined a bit more, heContinue reading “Details – – – Details!!!”

Horses Final Position

Hi Folks, This is how the final sculpture will look. I added rulers at the top of the image to give you some idea of the final size. The overall sculpture will be approximately 10X26X12 inches. The horses will overhang the 10X16 inch oval base by several inches along the longest side, and the spearContinue reading “Horses Final Position”

Coming Along 4/13/22

Hi Folks, Here is where the sculpture is as of today. Three of the four horses are roughed in and waiting detailing. The fourth, which is the lead horse, has a bit further to go. I believe that the action on this sculpture has a lot of promise, but we will see how it looksContinue reading “Coming Along 4/13/22”

Horses 2 + 3 (maybe)

The last two or three days have been productive. I have added the second horse and have started on the third (See Below). These two are in their final shape but need a bunch of fine tuning and personality added. I’ll get to that a little bit later. I should tell you that at thisContinue reading “Horses 2 + 3 (maybe)”

Starting Layout

Hi Folks, I’ve refined horse number 1 a bit and began to lay Two-Part Epoxy on the second horse. The styrofoam blocks are what will be inside the finished horses. It is a bit hard to see in the picture, but the wires (#8 copper) have been pre-formed to the shape of the running legsContinue reading “Starting Layout”

The Start

Hi Folks, The Great Horned Owl is complete and resides in the Coshocton Art Guild’s Gallery in Roscoe Village, Coshocton Ohio. This is the beginning of my next sculpture, “Horse Thief”. The sculpture is on a 16 by 12-inch plywood oval and will be sculpted in Two-Part epoxy. The armature is of styrofoam and #Continue reading “The Start”

The Great Horned Owl is Completed

The Great Horned Owl is completed. For those of you that have not been following along in the sculpting of this bird, it is a life size sculpture (25 inches tall) of a Great Horned Owl using two-part epoxy and is mounted on a rotating platform so that it can be turned while sitting inContinue reading “The Great Horned Owl is Completed”

The Bird is Complete (Now for the Base)

It’s been a long time coming, but the painting of the owl is complete. Now all I’ve got to do is finish the base and wait for the standing ovation. Of course, if you check out the base it has a long way to go. (Who da guessed it?) I believe that the triangular areaContinue reading “The Bird is Complete (Now for the Base)”

The Owl is in the Home Stretch”!!!

You can see that the base of the sculpture needs a lot of work, but except for a couple of rough spots the sculpture of the bird is complete. I have the color palette for the owl picked out; it’s just a matter of getting the paint on the bird. Having said that I haveContinue reading “The Owl is in the Home Stretch”!!!”