There is one thing I know- no more complications. Sculpting is a laborious procedure, and everything should be as easy as possible in order to avoid future dissapointments. My greatest dissapointment as it comes to my polymer clay actions is-unfortunately-Thor. He's pretty and all, but has far to many vulnerable points. His arm, which seemed to me fixed for good-broke again. I broke his sword. Little strand of hair has been broken twice. His hand, holding a sword hilt broke too. Of course- it'll teach me something, but when I think of hours of my work wasted, I can't help but feel angry with myself. I wanted to make something epic at the beginning, and it appears to be an utter failure. Well then, he'll remain unsold-can't risk selling him, even when I fix him. Am going to make another Thor-much smaller, perhaps of the size of my heads. No more stupid details that may jeopardise whole project.
Am working on fairy now-also thought it'll be a piece of cake, maybe a one day work.Well- it isn't! The whole process of sanding is very time consuming, and another obstacle, called "moonies" (which are nothing more than circular breaks that appear on the suface of baked SuperSculpey) has to be tackled along the way. It appears that moonies are inevitable when working with this material. It doesn't bother me much as long as I'm going to paint my figurine. But when I choose to leave it's fleshy color (as on the fairy) it really becomes troublesome. Also, I have a strange tendency to make all my creatures appearances slightly ghoulish or demonic if you like. I just simply cannot produce a sweet and innocent face! At least not now. And I know that in order to make things desirable, I must learn that skill and be careful not to border on kitsch.
O. managed to fool me by claiming that The Reaper fell of his hands and broke. Fortunately it was only a lame joke, so I didn't have to kill him. As for his painting skills, I must admit I have expected much more sophisticated work. I pointed out the brush traces on the surface of skull. I sanded it ( also to get rid of my fingerprints ) and gave him back to work some more on it. Gave him goblin to do next.
My greatest concern is that painting such little figurines takes far too much time on his part. Maybe, there'll be some improvement.
Have no will to paint-at least not for the exibition.
Deviant designes sent.
Spoke to my ex boss today, and she said that her hub-and my ex boss as well- is going to work as a taxi driver! Now, this is what this country does to you: must looking for another opportunities in order to stay alive.Sometimes I wonder how it is going to end. Obviously, there is always demise at the end of the road, question only when and how.
Found out that most likely I have so called "runners knee" sydrome- Chondromalacia. If I had only new back in 2003, when I damaged my knees while descending Seven Sisters in Norway, that I should act immediately and go to see some doctor!
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