Bravo... Nice piece. She looked like a very serious little girl in the clay, but seems to have softened in the cast version.

Peace,

What a lovely piece ,Heidi !
That's so interresting to see different cast versions.

Oh, I get it Tom - nice thing to say! Thought at first it was a typo and you meant to say "sing" or something.

Linda - thank you missy! Stopped by your site to see what you have been up to lately. Fabulous as always. Maybe I'll have you and Chris over for a sculpting jam!

David and Marina - thanks for that. I think a lot of the different look has to do with the lighting, but it is fun to see how different the same piece can look in different mediums/patinas/angles/lighting, etc. Makes it hard to choose (especially for the client!)

I expect to get Isabella back from the foundry this week. While she was there, got to work on this other project, which was a fun one. Modeled in ceramic, this life size piece (head and upper chest) was made from only one resource photo of the client's ancestor. A wedding photo from 1860. Here is a teaser of her face. I'll post the whole thing once she's immortalized in bronze. The relatives like it so much, they may all order a copy, which would be great.

WOW That's all I can say. These busts absolutely amaze me. This last one is breathtaking.

Heidi,

She is beautiful!

Heidi, you do indeed work a kind of magic that is beyond my comprehension. I'm three-dimensionally-impaired and have no concept of how you could achieve what you do -- especially that last one with only one old photo as reference. Magnificent, all of them!

Wow, Heidi! She is so alive I did a double take. Can't wait to see the entire thing.

Thanks so much you guys! You are all so kind.

Client on this was away on holiday for a time, so finally got back to me with final changes. Only thing he wants different is to change the flowers on her lapel and to have the dress material made out of lace instead of the tweed pattern I currently have on it. No problem. I'll take some photos of the whole thing later today and post one.

Can you show us how you change the texture from tweed to lace? I would love to see how you make lace in clay, and how you decide on the degree of detail.