Frankenstein's Monster Rampaging Through My Basement

Most of the time when I start something I have no idea how it is going to progress. I always make a head first. This is mainly because I cannot draw, and sculpting the head helps me create most of the “character” of the piece before it gets lost inside my head.

At this point I had no idea how Frankenstein’s monster would progress. I have this horrible habit of making heads, and then I throw them in a box and put them on a shelf somewhere. I do this because I frequently have no idea how to display something I just go down to the shop and start sculpting, when it done I paint it. I have no clue how to display it. I needed some way to display him. I decided on a partial bust display, which I have never done before.

There are still many hours and days of work ahead. I wonder why I don’t just move to working in WED clay and set aside the airdry products. Waiting for things to dry in the cool damp Seattle weather can take days. Especially in the basement which has a higher humidity level.

No just having a partial bust isn’t going to be good enough yet. What does it attach to? I know what it goes on now, spent a week thinking about that. I can see it in my head and it should be fairly cool if I can pull it off.

This is where I learn by my mistakes or learn things backwards. If I would stop and sit down for a minute and figure how a piece is going to be displayed before I start building the piece maybe I would overcome some of the design issues I encounter along the way. But who knows maybe it would look right in the end then.