Sculpture Portraits of Two Unique Dogs

Some dogs are one of a kind...and  here are  two !
Meet Bella and Sam  who are to be  captured in clay and cast in Bronze

First the supporting frame needs to be made

The first look at the armature for the pair

The design is so that they can be displayed to sit next to each other - or seperately

This is Sam's profile - you can see the more upright position

A long journey ahead to make the friends

Here a glimpse of the two together in their earliest stage of clay

Sam looks a bit strange without his chest and  head developed, but his back line is coming on

you can see the wire support for the front leg added.

You can see Bella's head is turned slightly to the  viewer, and her shoulder is beginning.

Sam's chest is now developing, and the beginnings of his face and  those  wonderful ears are sketched in.

Now some of Bella's coat is being built up on her left side, her ears are also sketched in, her jaw line is starting to be developed, more coat is needed on her chest

Much more work and we have a sequence of views of the different sides

Here is Sam

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