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Clay Art Challenge

I thought I'd try my hand at an art challenge. Most of the work I do takes weeks to complete. So my goal was to create a new sculpture each day for 30 days.

My first piece is going to be my take on a hybrid snail creature. For the armature I used galvanized steel wire. This I bulked out with foil. Over the foil I applied a veneer of Ave's Apoxie Sculpt clay. Here is the body with Super Sculpey being added. While I had my supplies out I prepared a second armature ( seen in the rear of the photo ) for my next creature. Here is the snail with its teeth and feelers added. A ball of tightly packed foil formed the armature for the snail's shell which I'm sculpting in polymer clay. Here is the completed snail slinking around my outdoor steps.

Posted by BlacknickSculpture at Tuesday, March 01, 2016 Labels: 30 day art challenge, Aves Apoxie Sculpt Clay, blacknick sculpture, brian blacknick, clay challenge, clay snail, cryptid, Polymer clay
 Artwork for sale at Esty.com Cult of Doll Blogspot