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Post by littlewolf on Sept 5, 2020 15:05:57 GMT
I suppose it is approaching that time of year when everybody shall be mass producing pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. In the most polite way possible, please show me your delightful orange squashes. I swear I shall never make something so tiny and fiddly again. Minimum 4.5 inches. Small =/= less work, as I learned the hard way.
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 5, 2020 17:44:57 GMT
So cute!
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Post by lyn on Sept 5, 2020 18:09:52 GMT
The pumpkin is great and I like the pose of the dog!
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 5, 2020 22:53:08 GMT
They are cute. I always said the smaller it is the more it costs. You have to pay for all that finger poking.
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 6, 2020 17:15:21 GMT
Looks ready for Halloween. Small is usually really fiddly and many times takes longer than large.
I made a pumpkin pin cushion a long time ago that I still use.
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Post by littlewolf on Sept 6, 2020 19:10:39 GMT
Thank you all. Oh dear though. I suppose I'm not very good at cats if it's still coming across as a dog with the long raised tail and the whole Halloween theme going on. :0 I'll try and make the muzzle smaller or something next time but I had felted it down too hard at that point. Indeed Shepherdess. The 7.5 inch reindeer as took far too long so I think the ideal size for a sculpture should be between 4.5 and 6 inches in height/length.
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 7, 2020 11:02:05 GMT
My fingers used to look like that too. I got carvers tape. you can make thimbles out of it. You can pad one side to you stab yourself less. I see cat in your picture but black animals are very hard todo flat.
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Post by littlewolf on Sept 9, 2020 11:35:16 GMT
Thankyou for the tip of carver's tap. I shall try that as various thimbles were just too fiddly and kept coming off. Black animal are hard to do flat, and this particular cat I intended to be quite cartoony and simplistic- I was referring to the 3 dimensional cat with the longs shaped tail that still apparently looks like a dog lol. I want to try just the and 3 dimensional cat head in a picture frame next and focus on semi realism and detail. Just feeling a bit demotivated because of about 9 commissions being requested and then the potential client has just ignored me for weeks after I put a lot of time into making sure they're happy with specification s and buying materials.I have so much unsold work and I'm so exhausted I'm hesitant to make anything at the moment unless I'm going to get paid for it which is a pretty sad way to approach my art. Its just my circumstances at the moment and getting my hopes up only to be dashed again. I am bearing in mind advice given about deposits, I just fear I won't get any interest at all if I demand them.
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Post by lyn on Sept 9, 2020 15:50:03 GMT
Sorry Littlewolf! The outline is very much a cat but, and maybe it's the angle of the photo, the upturned face does look a bit dog-like.
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 9, 2020 16:27:51 GMT
Yes, the 3D cat is a bit dog-like. Perhaps the is too much of a stop where the nose meets the head. the body looks fine to me. we are all in the to much stuff and nowhere to sell it boat at the moment. All the sales have been cancelled here and it is looking like my Nov sale will end up cancelled. I have my fingers crossed we will get to have the sale. It is hard to have something to blog about.
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Post by littlewolf on Sept 9, 2020 17:29:45 GMT
I think that's it, too much of a stop and too large a muzzle. I think I had felted the face down too much at that point and couldn't do much more with it. All the more reason not to work so small again. If I do another cat it will be much larger, will focus on doing a study of the head only and aim for realism. I have plenty of horsehair for whiskers, too.
Sorry to hear about your sales being cancelled. Autumnal and Christmas markets are so good for felters as well. My fingers are crossed for you for November as well x
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