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Panther Sculpture Demo p.8 - Repairing a Clay Sculpture p.2

fix hole in clay sculpture
When it comes to finishing the armature holes, it gets a little tricky. It will take many more applications of body putty, sanding and smoothing between each application.
fix broken clay sculptures
This is about the fourth application of body putty. Once it is dry I'll give it one final sanding.
repair hole in clay sculpture
Smoothed out and finished.
repair clay sculpture damaged in kiln
On this sculpture, I made the clay base with a texture. This part will not need to be smoothed down between applications - leaving it rough will make it look much better.
repair sculpture broken during firing
Once again, it took about four applications of body putty to get it completely filled in. I etched lines in the body putty so that it would match the rest of the clay base.


1. Creating the Armature 2. Sculpting a Panther 3. Finishing Touches
4. The Unfired Sculpture 5. Firing the Sculpture 6. Building a Base
7. Fixing a Broken Sculpture -p.1 8. Fixing a Broken Sculpture -p.2 (current) 9. Adding the Base




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