I have a lovely story for you.

So, one day, about a year ago, I was working on a commission to make a kirin foal (later named Rhythm). The commissioner wanted 5 inches, and because I’m stupid, I didn’t measure the armature which ended up being too small. Not wanting to believe that, I went ahead and made the body of the sculpture and baked it, later to decide that yes, this armature was definitely only 4 inches. SO I tossed it aside and made a new one. 

The issue was that Rhythm had a very odd pose, with one back leg lifted quite high. So unless I made another sculpture with that exact pose, I thought, this small sculpture wouldn’t work for anything. And then, I decided, maybe it would work for a bucking horse. So I went ahead and made some front legs. And then I did what I do best, and tossed the sculpture aside, in my cupboard of abandoned projects, and never looked at it again.

AND THEN I was freaking out about having enough done for Artfest, so decided to take a peak into that rarely opened cupboard. I found this weird bucking horse and decided hey, this could work as something. Thus, this random kirin was born. 

Ironically, I actually really like him and his gigantic antlers. He wasn’t really planned, but sometimes those random, spur of the moment projects turn out pretty cool. I’m not sure what colour he’ll be yet, but I’m thinking some form of boring white and brown. 

TO BE CONTINUED. 

Boring last photo for tonight. Just two random sculptures that need to be worked on. One is in a high trot, and the other looks like it’s just skidded to a stop at a canter. The trotting one is a bit heavier, so will likely be a cob of some sort. The other I might make white with pink hair, for fun. :) (Suggestions always welcome though.)

Annnd leafy sea dragon. Except he looks nothing like a leafy sea dragon, but whatever. I started this sculpture last summer. In fact, all the sculpting was done like last August or something. I recently dug him out and resculpted part of the face, and then today finally did the fins. I’ll be epoxying the area between the fins and clay, and maybe adding more scales. He was supposed to be white but the fins and scales are definitely pink. 

Here’s another I started recently. It’s going to be a black and white gypsy vanner unicorn. Looks a bit think right now but will be bulked as I do the legs. And look how short the horn is! I always make my horns the same so I’ve been trying to change it up a bit. 

Here’s a random hippocampus who sprang to life yesterday. 

I was searching through my cupboard of abandoned projects and found a few salvageable sculptures. I cut the head off one with an ugly body and used it for this guy. Making the fins is fun! She needs something on her head, and I will be epoxying the area between the fins and the clay part. She’ll be sparkly blue and white. 

To go with my pile of in progress stuff, here are my current finished sculptures. There’s 8 in the pile, however I sold Veillette to someone yesterday, so that leaves 7 for Artfest. I should probably find somewhere nicer to keep them besides my desk. 

My current progress pile. 4 commissions, and lots of other stuff. The leafy sea dragon isn’t here though. 

I’m so clean and tidy.