Both figures started in the same way, balls of newspaper held together with brown gum tape and poured molten wax over. The full length figure worked best as the wax was hotter and soaked into the gum tape and allowed subsequent layers to bind and it is surprisingly solid. The wax I used on the head was not hot enough so it’s just a bit flaky and squishy (those are technical terms).
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- Figure 1: Beginning to pour wax over
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- Figure 1: Final piece
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- Figure 1: Detail
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- Figure 2: Brown tape beginnings
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- Figure 2: Final piece
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- Figure 2: Final piece
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