Elleth Artifex

YouTube video by Christopher Larkin Hollow Knight: Silksong (Original Soundtrack)

OST is so good! Frisson inducing 🥹

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In-progress armature of a small sculpture, showing the wire and paper mache.

While waiting for resin experiments to cure, I started working on an armature for Hornet's body. Lookin' a little mummified. #wip

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A few test runs of resin-cast oval eyes.

Work in progress picture of the head of the character "Hornet" from the video game Silksong, with an inset resin eye.

I wanted to try for a subtle compound eye look but, after a few tests, I like the simple one the best.

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Work in progress picture of the head of the character "Hornet" from the video game Silksong.

Working on something new for fun: the precious child of wyrm and weaver.

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Thank you!!! 😀

Three-quarters view of a faux wooden sculpture of a raven sitting on a decorative box.

Front view of a faux wooden sculpture of a raven sitting on a decorative box.

Back view of a faux wooden sculpture of a raven sitting on a decorative box.

Three-quarters view of a faux wooden sculpture of a raven sitting on a decorative box.

She's done! Here is Maven, now ready to move into her new home. Thank you to everyone who has followed along. I'm grateful!

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Work-in-progress picture showing a sculpted raven from the front with sections painted with a faux wood effect.

Work-in-progress picture showing a sculpted raven from the back with sections painted with a faux wood effect.

Work-in-progress picture showing a sculpted raven from the side with sections painted with a faux wood effect.

This probably won't show well in pics because I have a potato-of-a-phone, but I've repainted the whole bird.

Sometimes, I need to just finish the project even though it won't be quite what I had hoped. Other times (this time), it'll haunt me forever if I don't try for better.

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Work-in-progress picture showing a sculpted raven from the side with sections painted with a faux wood effect.

Work-in-progress picture showing a sculpted raven from the back with sections painted with a faux wood effect.

Life has been busy, but I'm still making slow and steady progress. Just the belly and the box left to paint!

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Work-in-progress picture showing a sculpted raven with sections painted with a faux wood effect.

Paint in progress

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Detail picture of a painted faux wood effect on the surface of a sculpted raven.

Slow work of sanding, painting, sanding again, painting more, messing up (and repeat!) ... until it's prepped for painting the faux wood texture.

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A work-in-progress picture of a raven sculpture showing the back and tail feathers.

A work-in-progress picture of a raven sculpture showing the front and side.

A work-in-progress picture of a raven sculpture showing the side profile.

Done with shaping and now time for the epoxy coating.

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A close up of a sculpted bird's foot made using air dry foam clay and EPS foam.

A foot-in-progress.

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Ohh got it! Yay! 😁

Social media is kind of new to me. 😅 If you don't mind me asking, what is this... "boup"?

Thank you! ☺️

It's EPS foam, so the foam insulation boards you can pick up at a hardware store.

A work-in-progress picture of a raven statue. The raven is perched on a decorative box.

This bird needs some feet.

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A work-in-progress picture of a raven statue, showing rustic looking carved feathers. The raven is perched on a decorative box.

Carved feathers are complete on one side and halfway through the other.

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A work-in-progress picture of a raven statue, showing rustic looking carved feathers. The raven is perched on a decorative box.

and now carving the stylized feathers

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A work-in-progress picture of a raven statue. The raven is perched on a decorative box and has a gridwork of lines sketched onto it.

Mapping out the feathers

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A progress picture of a raven sculpture

A stand up bird (in progress)

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A rudimentary carving of a bird

Looking more birdly

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A partially complete cut out of a bird shape.

and so the bird begins

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Close up of a faux wooden box that shows some of the texture.

What I should be doing is getting started on the bird. What I am doing is getting picky about making the box texture look more like old wood.

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A work-in-progress picture of a decorative box set on a cardboard surface with other supplies set out next to it. The supplies will be used to coat the project in an epoxy coating product.

Time for a thin coat of epoxy on the completed sides!

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A work-in-progress picture of a lidless box made of foam with a decorative floral motif applied to the side.

A work-in-progress picture of a lidless box made of foam with a decorative floral motif applied to two of the sides.

Progress!

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Close up of a 3D floral motif, which has been applied to a foam panel and then painted white.

Test #2 - looking better! 😀

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Close up of a grey 3D floral motif, which has been applied to a foam panel and then coated with clear epoxy.

Close up of a 3D floral motif, which has been applied to a foam panel and then painted white.

A test foam impression - coated with epoxy and then painted to see the texture. The lil' bubbles in the foam are probably going to be a problem after all. 🤔

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Impression taken from a mold of a decorative motif with leaves and flowers

A grey decorative motif with leaves and flowers applied to a piece of light green insulation foam

Testing something new (for me) - air-dry foam clay. Lots of little bubbles but that may not matter because I plan to coat the whole thing with an epoxy shell. I'll do a lil test to see how it goes.

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Blue silicone mold of a decorative motif with flowers and leaves

A successful mold is so satisfying! ☺️

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