Papier-mâché armature process photos by Susan Komer

For those of you who follow my work, you know I'm very interested in sculpting...particularly papier-mâché. Yesterday I finally started one that is to represent myself.  It will end up being a  part of a much larger project, but I've noticed an interest in these sculptures so I thought I'd share something new that I'm trying out as an armature.  I've never done this before and only recently discovered the wonders of it.  I'm going to include a few photos but the process is basically to wrap yourself in tape, cutting it off and reassembling it to create a shell that can be used as is or as an armature for other things.  Its been interesting to say the least.  I'll keep posting as it progresses so stay tuned :)

Clay model idea's for upcoming plaster sculpture

My next sculpting project is to create a sculpture from plaster.  To begin...I made these three small clay sculptures as starting points for the future large plaster sculpture.  I haven't yet decided which one I'll do, but I'm leaning towards either the human figure or the 'baggage'.  It's all in its infant stages right now, but I'm hoping to do both a larger ceramics project as well as the plaster sculpture possibly from just one of these.