Sofia - Bronze miniature

Cindy Procious · 09-29-2005, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Heidi Maiers

My to-do list of FX busts so far includes this Bela Lugosi, then Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Indiana Jones, Karloff as Frankenstein, and then Karloff as the Mummy. A far cry from pretty little Sofia! I'm pretty sure that Cynthia wouldn't appreciate my posting those characters on this forum, so feel free to visit my site from time to time if interested in seeing the progress/results.

Why not? It's portraiture, regardless of who it is. And, it show the process of a professional, doing her job. I can't imagine why it wouldn't be alright.

Cynthia?

Elizabeth Schott · 09-29-2005, 09:36 AM

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The type you see in the Tussaud museum. I can't wait to see it totally finished. What a kick.

So cool Heidi, you are taking the leap to our favorite place (Tussaud) eventually and those will be from life! I am so excited for you!

Beth

Janet Kimantas · 09-29-2005, 08:39 PM

Heidi,
I so loved watching your WIP, I don't watch any TV so I was rushing home to see what you had done lately. Great to hear about all your new commissions. Good luck.

Janet

Lacey Lewis · 09-29-2005, 09:28 PM

Wow! Congrats on all the work that is coming in! I will be watching on your site, and I am totally excited for you.

I will have to show this to my husband, he's a total movie nut and the only reason that I am familiar with the names above :-)

Lacey Lewis · 09-29-2005, 09:29 PM

Just had to add... it is so "cool!"

Alexandra Tyng · 09-30-2005, 08:00 AM

Heidi, I just read this and I apologize for not congratulating you before. I didn't realize you had such exciting news. Wow! I'm so admiring of your ability and I am confident that you will do a super job on these commmisions. May they lead to even more!

Alex

Heidi Maiers · 09-30-2005, 09:17 AM

Thank you all so much - but don't congratulate me too soon! Whether or not I get to do any more of the other 20 busts totally depends on how well I do with this first one.
So far, it has been a real challenge working from 70 year old grainy, washed out photos that span all different ages - trying to see extreme detail that doesn't exist in the photos. I have a dvd player set up in my studio and am playing his old movies and stopping the frame whenever they show a closeup. It is almost like having him there modeling for me, but even those photos have weird lighting and are grainy - plus he holds perfectly still and doesn't move his head around at all so I can see the forms. Well, wish me luck. It is a good opportunity so I hope I can pull it off.

Heidi Maiers · 10-01-2005, 02:06 AM

Oh, I thought I would add one more note about this job and why I am not overly confident that there will be more to follow.

It turns out that I am the fourth sculptor that this man has hired for this particular project because he has not been happy with the likenesses from the other three (and one was from Tussaud studios!) All started with the Bela bust since he is probably the most difficult to do. That really puts pressure on me to nail the likeness.

On an encouraging note, however, this man is semi famous in his country and last week he had a TV interview. During the course of the interview, he was asked about his interests and hobbies and he told them he was a big fan of the classic horror movies and that he was having a life size collection of figures made. He then proceeded to mention me by name as the artist who is making the sculptures for him. He also told me that when it is finished, he wants a photo of me with the bust to give to his publicist as he intends to run a newspaper article about it. I have never had any sort of publicity at all, so this is all very exciting indeed!

When he saw the progress, his response was "I think you are the one that is going to make my dream come true". My response should have been "I think you are the one that is going to make MY dream come true!"