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Celeste
When you live on a cathedral, there
should be celestial music. For that,
we need a harpist.
Meet Celeste.
Designing a character that actually
looks like they are playing an
instrument can be challenging. So
we decided to build two variations
of our harpist in hope that at least
one would be a perfect match.
Celeste Playing Harp, encaustic, paperclay, wood, wire, gesso, 5.75 x 3 x 5 in
Making a long thin character makes building the armature even
more of a challenge. The small body doesn’t leave a lot of room for
inserting dowels for two arms and a neck. And gluing the parts
together can get pretty messy.
That’s why it is important to cover your work area with wax paper
and place the armatures on clean wax paper while they are drying.
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