Thursday, May 24, 2007

The Finished Cement Fondue Head

enjoys the flowers in a postage stamp garden!
Having repaired the broken ears, filled in a few holes, filed down the rough edges and made a base with Paul's help, the final model was left to set. It's important to keep the sculpture wrapped in wet cloths and therefore damp so that the cement will set properly.

4 different pastes were then used to bring out the bronzelike finish shown here: a graphite paste, two types of bronze paste and a turquoise - what's it called Vertigina or something? Each was buffed up with a rag to bring out the finish.

Behind you!

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