Page 57 - Creating Whimsical Characters Using Simple Wood and Paper Forms, Wire, Paperclay, and Encaustic Medium

This is the form used to make the owl king. It is a smaller version
of the armature created for our player owl.

This is a close up of our player owl.

Characters with delicate wings and/or tails usually

have to be done in two or three stages. In the first
stage, I covered the armature with a thin coat of
paperclay. If the wet paperclay makes the wings

heavy, I wrap paper tubes and/or pieces of dowels in
wax paper and use them to prop up the wings and

help them hold their shape until they are dry.

Once the clay is dry, the
wings are frozen in place

and quite sturdy.

In the second phase of
sculpting, I added all the

detail work like feathers
and claws and tails. I just

misted the dry areas with
water and added new wet

paperclay as needed.

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