A treat to work from a live model

[Heidi Maiers]

Thank you so much Sharon, Mary, Michele, and Mark

Mark, I would very much like to see the works of your brother that you mention and look forward to a link from you. The bronze process is pretty involved and amazing.

No doubt, we are all our own worst critics. I work in ceramic for the most part, but am getting more and more bronze opportunities which is encouraging and have several life size figure commissions in the planning stages.

For some reason, my domain has been misbehaving this week and clicking on the link brings up the ol "page cannot be displayed" error. Hitting the refresh button however brings it right up. It can also be accessed through the domain name "portraitsculpting.com".

[Linda Brandon]

Heidi, I just spotted this on the Forum, and I am so impressed. I'm astounded that you can work this fast. I love looking at your work.

[Heidi Maiers]

I thought I would post the finished piece now that it has been dried, fired, patina'd, and mounted. (You could never make a finished one in an open studio since the drying alone takes weeks.)

I thought I would show the interesting effect firing at different temperatures can have. Normally, I fire this clay in the mid range of about cone 2 to produce a nice creamy white. If I had fired it to maturity (cone 5), the clay would have been pure white.

Here, I only bisque fired it to cone 018 (about a 900 degree temperature difference). The result was a nice peach skin tone which I just sealed and covered with a clear wax. Since no repair was needed at such a low fire, I could leave the natural color of the clay show through.

[Heidi Maiers]

Couple other angles and close up if interested in details...

[Geary Wootten]

Heidi,

TOTALLY and completely mind blowing AWESOME!

And, your firing technique was perfect. This is just getting better and better. I sure hope you're havin a ball doing this work.....cause I'm havin one looking at it!

-Geary