Part VI

The Clay Model is now complete.  It actually came out very nicely.  The issue I am having now is the model is bigger than the piece of stone I'm carving.  This is proving to be challenging.   Avoid this by making your model exactly the size you intend on carving, translating the difference in stone is difficult and makes the work harder.

I like this clay model so much, I'm thinking of expanding it through the body and on the corner piece like the original.  Then cut it in half, scoop it out like a baked potato, then making a rubber and plaster mold. 

This will allow me to create a reusable mold, and perhaps a bronze version of this Gargouille.

Here in the face, the stone carving is starting to take some shape.  This detail work in such soft stone is really hard to do.  I have not cut under the neck yet, I'm afraid!  Structurally I'm going to lose the tongue, there just was no way to do this in such a small piece of stone.