Guess who I found in my clay? I found two little babies!!
I don’t know why I always have two in the works together instead of working on one at a time. 🙂  My favorite part of sculpting is the faces/heads.  Each one is unique and has his or her little personalities!  The hardest part is to get them realistic looking.  I rely on a ton of photos I have gathered from online ( I have over 3000!) of real babies from photo stock sites.
I concentrate on every little wrinkle, the shape of the body to try to make every little body unique, and real looking.
I have found that the hardest part of making the clay babies is trying to figure out a body that works for me.
This is how I do my bodies now:
Ignore my horrible drawing!! 🙂 Click the photo to see the text.
Basically I use sterling silver wire and make my own jewelry headpins. Â They are not very big at all, so they can fit through the fabric. Â Those headpins are connected to each other by an elastic inside the body (Arms to arms, legs to legs). Â Does that make sense?
My only problem is that I want a more poseable body (right now only the arms, legs and head move)…  I am hoping that this armature Idea I have is workable. 🙂 If it does work, I will definitely post it her to share!
Tip: if you are using this body with the headpins, do add some liquid sculpey to where the circle of the headpin is peeking out- for extra strength.
