Page 15 - Creating Whimsical Characters Using Simple Wood and Paper Forms, Wire, Paperclay, and Encaustic Medium

Simple characters:

Simple characters are also a good

place to start for people at all levels.
You can use a small wooden people
form to sculpt chess piece size

characters.

You can use larger wooden
people forms. I found 3 1/2 inch

and 5 inch people forms online.

If you want them to be on a stand (like a wood block), you need to
drill a hole in the bottom of the form and in the top surface of your

stand and cut a dowel to fit.

To build a stand:

• Use a hobby vise to secure the wooden form and drill a hole for a
dowel stick in the bottom of the form.

• Use a doweling kit or drill press to drill a hole the same size in

the top of stand.

• Cut a dowel stick the length required to have the wooden form fit
securely on the stand.

• You can glue the dowel into the stand, but don’t glue the
character onto the stand (or the dowel) until you have sculpted

and painted it.

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