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Amy Johnson – bas-relief bust

After halting the work on the US Navy Yeoman figure, I was a little disheartened. Hitting a stumbling block with your work has the side-effect of making you…

Hitting a wall – US Navy Yeoman

The progress of the US Navy Yeoman figure has finally hit a wall. I’ve been struggling with this sculpt now since June and basically its not working for me….

US Navy Yeoman – Part 1

As you may remember from my last post, I’m back in the saddle! For my next relief sculpt I’ve chosen to depict a Yeoman of the US Navy…

Back in the saddle!

Its been a long hard summer of house renovations at the Odell household, so all sculpting work regrettably had to go hold as all my equipment, tools and…

Driver London Ambulance Column WW1

Little is recorded about this unit despite the massive contribution they made to the war effort. When researching the uniform I had to resort to finding comparisons with…

London Ambulance Column – Part 5

The last phase Well – I’ve finally made it! The figure has been through final clean up (eyes readjusted, buttons/badges/bottle strap added and generally tidied up). The figure…

London Ambulance Column – Part 4

Well – its done! Got to add a couple of buttons, fill a few undercuts, then the final clean up for mould making and casting. But as far…

London Ambulance Column – Part 3

After what feels like an age, I’m back in the saddle and continuing with the project! The last couple of weeks have been a huge upheaval in the Odell household…

London Ambulance Column

I’ve got a passion for old photographs, always have had, to this day it still fascinates me that people (that are now long gone) have been preserved in an…

London Ambulance Column – Part 2

In the last instalment of this relief sculpt we left the figure in the silhouette stage, the excess clay had been removed and the hat had been carved from baked Sculpey…