Author: Mary Maude
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nile crocodile sculpture
A Nile crocodile…who would have thunk it? This sculpture, like the rhino and mud woman sculptures, is an experiment in depicting flowing water and mud evolving into the Nile crocodile’s body. On the good side, by working with such an “ugly” subject, every time my son teases me by saying, “What an ugly sculpture”, I […]
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the mud woman, a self portrait
I started another sculpture and this will be my first self portrait. I got out my self-timing digital camera and took 10 nude photos of myself doing the same pose from different angles and pretty much created a 360 view. It was necessary to hook up an external monitor to my laptop so I could […]
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white rhino sculpture
Since this is the first time I’ve tried sculpting a rhino I thought why not try incorporating something different – I’m going to make the water part of this sculpture look like it’s been poured and then flowed into the shape of the rhino itself. This sculpture is coming along great. All of the interior […]
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only the strong survive
There’s a lot of muscle tone. Think of those art deco statues from the twenties or even the Hulk – I’ve always liked Bill Bixby. Here it is – day 6. I’m about 1/3 the way done with a long way to go. Pretty much where and how the water will flow is done. I’ve […]