Thursday, December 17, 2009

Close-up of stems.


Back view.


Stems are in place and rough sculpting is complete.


Two stems in place.


Building the armature for the stems.


The armature for the stems started with another laser scanned enlargement from Gator Products. The juncture of the three stems was built using a high density foam to provide extra strength. The longest stem is made from a hand-bent piece of 3/4" metal conduit and the shorter stems are fashioned from thick aluminum wire and then coated in sculpting wax to provide additional strength before they are covered in sculpting clay.