Starting to take shape.

The Clown bust is starting to take shape. He will have a comic bow tie and Bowler Hat. Still not decided on what to put in his hands. My first idea was a knife or machete in the raised hand although I'm now thinking of the Bowler in his raised hand? Got to thank Andrea for her encouragement with this guy, he very nearly  ended up as an unfinished head on my workbench.
The new oven is due to be delivered Monday so the full scale figures will be progressed next week.
Now to help carve Pumpkins with the kids..Happy Halloween.

Improvise and Overcome

Despite the lack of oven at the moment, which is seriously hampering any creativity. I had a cunning plan. It involved using the biggest pan we have on the gas hob and with the help of an oven thermometer - an improvised oven was born.
The first time I tried this I got an almighty rollocking from Mrs Hynes, for burning her pans. But she does go out on occasion - which is as good as permission in my book. I'm pretty limited to the size of sculpt I can fit into the pan, but Massimos magnet and the clown were both baked.
With the scorched pan safely concealed at the back of the cupboard I can now get on with the clown :-p

My Oven died :-(

After 10 years of sterling service, our oven decided to cook itself to death. With nothing more than a pop, a slight burning smell and too hot to touch, the beloved oven passed away. However a new one is on it's way, so my current projects are in temporary limbo. The armatures for the two full figure projects have been fleshed out a little and one Doctor Martin boot sculpted. I don't want to add more as the clay comes away from the wire underneath, very frustrating as I'm keen to get on with these two.
The clown has a  cranium now, but needs baking before painting and I have a magnet to bake aswell.
I've also ordered a heap of clay and until the oven makes an appearance, I will be forced to spend my evenings watching TV and eating Takeaway food........ not all bad I suppose.

I Have A Plan

I have a couple of full figure sculpts in the pipeline and I'm eager to get started, but I've decided to start things of properly. Before I would knock up an armature and get stuck in straight away with the clay. This time I have made scaled sketches of the sculpts and I will work from these, which will hopefully stop any scale creep etc, well thats the plan and it's good to have a plan.

Also shown is the latest custom magnet for Zombies and Toys, still awaiting client approval on this one.