Year 3 Week 6

Today I concentrated on sanding and polishing the smooth sides of the face. Paul, the tutor cut the wooden base for me (with an electric saw) as I thought it was a bit too big for the sculpture the way it was.


Later at home I mounted the sculpture on the wooden base with a bolt. I had to drill a hole in the stone which was slightly worrying. It turned out OK though.

This is more or less the finished article now but I'm not sure about the base. I might try staining it or finding a completely different base.

Year 3 Week 5

I decided over the week that the nose was not prominent enough so cut the notch a bit deeper in the stone today. I then mostly just filed and sanded the stone to make it smoother.

I also cut a piece of scrap wood to length that I hope can be used as a base for the sculpture. It's nothing special but it would help it to stand up.

Year 3 Week 4

This week I felt that I was nearing the final shape of the sculpture so I decided to cut the nose. I thought carefully where to put it but am not sure I chose the right place. Possibly a bit too high?!?

My intention was to have the nose as the only feature on the face but I'm not sure if it works.

I did a little bit of polishing at the end to see how the contrast works between the face and the neck.

Year 3 Week 3

This week I worked on getting closer to the final shape of the sculpture mainly with the use of chisels and files.

I decided it might make a nice contrast if I left the back of the sculpture unpolished and with a rough texture and polished the front (face).

Year 3 Week 2

During the week I did some sketches to see how my idea for the new piece of stone might work.





I started to work on the stone this week. I did a little bit of sawing and a lot of chiselling.