Making the Lids (part 2)
*me counting lines*
Introductory jokes aside, I began by creating the base with some blue foam and covering it with some oil-based clay.
The same techniques were used for both bases. Two different bases were sculpted, they were both moulded but the lion base was copied 4 times. I chose to make resin copies of the bases so as to not ruin the geometric details whilst sculpting the heads.
To uphold symmetry, grid lines were drawn onto the bottom of the base. Wherever the grid touched the edge, the lines were brought upwards. This gave me equally spaced sections around the whole perimeter. These lines were used to measure both sides and to refine the curvature.
Once the final shape was sculpted, I proceeded to work on the recessed details. I determined from my scaled print of the jars the thickness of the recesses and the spacing between them. I marked this distance on the sculpt and was happy to find out that it matched the circumference perfectly. From there, I drew out the lines and cracked onto more...sculpting...
The next part was pretty simple. Dump Moulding the sculpts and casting copies.
thanks for stopping by!
-Val