r/sculpting

my first attempt at sculpture. Still a work in progress. Made from 316 Stainless steel, its roughly 2200mm high, 2000mm from hand to hand and weighs about 170kgs. End result should be a mirror finish. Hoping to get accepted in local event 'Sculptures by the Sea"

Finished him late last night. This sculpt was pretty fun and one of my first large models. It's a weird one for sure, but I'm pretty proud of it.

He's sliced up and ready for printing. I made the bottle to where you could print it in clear resin and be able to insert the recipe and cork inside afterwards.

Cheers.

Model made from scratch in Nomad Sculpt 🙏🏻

Created this lil guy from polymer clay, re enforced with epoxy and sealed to protect. Would you find yourself wearing this as a ring or have I stepped too far..

https://www.instagram.com/burning__fingers?igsh=NHhkNXRzM3Q1aWY1

It’s never good enough!.. I always feel like there’s more detail to add am I being crazy? any suggestions on perfecting it before I mold it?

The neck and back of the head aren’t finished yet. Mainly focused on the face since it has the most detail for now

I love creating fantasy creatures, and this is one of my works—the Ancient Glacier Beast.
I really enjoy the whole process of bringing a piece to life from nothing, and I’ve also documented the entire making process.
If you have any thoughts or suggestions about my piece or future ideas, feel free to let me know!✨

I wanted to get into sculpting with clay as a hobby, so I bought some Monster Clay a while ago. Today I finally had some time to give it a try and sculpted a few faces just to see whether I’d enjoy it. Turns out, I do! (My bf finds them very creepy though 😄)
So, where do I go from here? Are there any recommended exercises or good ways to practice as a beginner? My instinct would be to study the planes of the human face and then try sculpting some larger faces or individual body parts.
Does that sound like a good approach, or are there other exercises you’d recommend?

with his burned to shit swords

I have maybe one or two sculptures that I’ve made specifically for myself, with absolutely no intention of ever parting with them. This is now one of them.
Lately I’ve been feeling nostalgic about retro gaming and wanted to sculpt something that represented that time for me. I liked the idea of taking something instantly recognizable from a video game and treating it like it could actually exist in between a game universe and our nature.
So, I made myself a Koopa Troopa shell. Familiar enough that you know exactly what it is, but organic enough that it feels like something you might actually stumble across.
This one stays with me.

I made this silly snail with a cauldron on his back a while ago but he cracked all over… I made a base with tinfoil and wire, and then paper clay. I dried him slowly in a plastic bag with a strip of wet paper with no luck.. since then I have tried filling the cracks with slip (very low water concentration), wetting the crack and then scoring with slip and adding more clay, and drying at different intervals… each time he cracks :( this is probably the least amount of cracking but I feel like it’s getting so structurally unsound that sanding it back down to its original shape will be impossible.

Are there any techniques you would suggest? Would using super glue be my best bet? I tried painting him once over the cracks but it did not help. I peeled the acrylic off a while back to try filling the cracks in.

I love the piece and don’t want to give up on it… but I’m losing the fight. 😭 helppp

I created these and much more earlier this year. If you want to see more I can post them, just let me know. Everything I make is different so not sure what to call them. Sculptures, junkart, scrapart is what I've been phrasing them. What do yall think?