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I've recently been working with my bird skull collection, exploring the shape and form, to get a feel for their structure. It comes naturally to me as part of my drawing methods, I like to know what I'm really about to draw before I start so that I can get it as anatomically correct as possible!
Wood Pidgeon.
Rook.
Blackbird.
Im going to experiment more with these sketches, in the a more Da Vinci style composition! In the meantime, I've been experimenting with polymer clay.
Using the polymer clay, I sculpted this bird skull. I then rubbed it with acrylic paint to give it an aged, antique look. Im really pleased with it considering I've never used this material to work with before! After baking, the results produce quite sturdy, lightweight pieces, which you can really get alot of texture into. I forced a hole all the way through the eyes because i thought it would look great threaded onto an old necklace or made into a keyring. Doing this sample has inspired me to use this further down the line of my project, where I could create more comercially viable pieces!
I've noticed that there is quite alot of animal/anatomical based jewelery around at the moment, showing that this type of subject can be quite popular!
Enjoy! Feel free to leave comments!
( Oops! I couldn't resist. I had to throw in a photo of my bearded dragon approving of my bird skull!! )
