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[Help] How to add cracks/need redo?

So I recently watched the show JoJo‘s with a friend of mine and thought I’d make him the stone mask. Now I’m no sculptor, but since it’s supposed to be stone, I used modelling concrete.
I’m actually not too mad about how goofy it looks, I think it’s funny, but I would like to add the cracks. Is it a good idea to actually crack it and glue it back together, or should I start from scratch, since it’s already drying.
Also should I have used a different material? (In case I need to redo it.) maybe it’s a skill issue but I had problems with details.

u/IllustriousMost4790 — 6 hours ago

[self] "who composes the song of crickets" with complementary pièces "crickets 1and 2", by me, part of piano and bronze, 2026

u/Yugoguerin — 16 hours ago

[Self] WIP: I chiseled a boombox from a block of (aerated) concrete.

WIP. My first attempt at making a boom box sculpture. It's white aerated concrete that I gave a coat of black spray paint. So all the lines I chisel become white again. It's a bit crude, but I like how it looks like a 3 dimensional sketch.I expected the material to be more "detailfriendly" but it breaks away quite easily. Let me know what you think .. and what boomboxes would deserve to be turned into stone sculptures? Any iconic favourites?

u/rouge_d — 1 day ago
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Built a 7ft 6in illuminated lamp entirely out of popsicle sticks. Took 600+ hours. It’s basically the size of a doorway. [self]

90” tall, 27½” wide and deep, ~100 lbs — all craft sticks, resin, and a lot of stubbornness. No blueprints. I boiled sticks to bend them, laminated them into panels, and poured resin embedded with stick shavings for the glowing outer sections.

Structurally it’s a raw, imperfect inner column wrapped in more refined outer layers — lit from within so you can see both at once. Took over 600 hours.

Named it Vessel. Built to hold light the way a life holds everything that shaped it — every voice, every bruise, every kindness.

Amos Kane Slow Art Studio

u/Amoskaneart — 1 day ago
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[Help] Clay sculpture drying tips

I just finished creating this urn for my boy that recently passed. I’ve taken ceramics classes and done some sculpting with monster clay and sculpting wax but this is my first time buying water based clay and trying this myself. The plan is just to buy space in a local kiln but before I get there I just wondered if anyone had any tips for drying. Right now it is on a wire rack in my closet with a piece of plastic draped over it. I’m worried about it drying evenly though, especially the tail and legs that jut out a big. Any tips, tricks, and help appreciated.

u/BeignetBush — 1 day ago

[SELF] need help figuring out material to make faux taxidermy dragon body (have 3d printed head)

u/Digital_Doodlez — 1 day ago
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[Self] Polyphemus did nothing wrong

Mask sculpted with paper clay and paper mache, modeled by yours truly.

u/BeastlyBones — 2 days ago
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Grandfather’s Menagerie - acrylic on MDF - by moi 2026

I’ve been working as a decorative artist for a few years now, and I started wondering how I could use faux finishes on my own artwork (rather than walls, columns, furniture). This is one of my first attempts, the wood species are imagined and pretty informal, but I’m delighted by the results and the concept!

What kinds of imagery would you want to see in this sculptural format? Any other materials? Faux marble maybe?

Thanks for lookin :)

u/Substantial_Web_8784 — 2 days ago

[Self] Wire Wall Sculpture

I love working with wire and I love trees and this was the outcome and is hanging in my entryway. It's 2'3" high by 2' wide. What do you think?

u/Existing-Peanut9281 — 2 days ago
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A Tuna Head

This is large (1:1 probably) piece I believe I sculpted in porcelain that needed some kintsugi to resolve itself..I know it’s not entirely anatomical correct but it was inspired by a visit to Tsukiji.

u/Gnum_gnome — 4 days ago