Made by John Ansell
His hood/wig I made with very fine glass fibre mat painted with water based resin to stiffen it up, then covered by paper mache mixed to a paste. I had a large tub of gold metallic paint that I toned down to look bronze.
Judge or Monk ?
Monk
Yes I think so, he looks a bit evil to be religious but hay ho.
It started out as a monk so that’s what it is. I’m quite pleased with him as it is the first time I have not used any reference, just made it out of my head.
This is where I bought the water based resin from.
https://www.rcworld.co.uk/acatalog/Poly-C-500ml-PolyC500.html#SID=263
Thanks for the link, John. I’ll try to see if they have a similar product here in the States. 🙂
I vote monk too! I’ve done the same thing with muslin fabric dipped in plaster of Paris. It worked well except that the wetness of the paper mache did soften the plaster of Paris. It still worked but the crisp lines became not as crisp.
I love this guy!
John, this is a really interesting sculpture – made even more so because of the question you asked. I vote for monk 🙂 .
I’d like to know more about the material you used for the hood – where can we find water-based resin? I’ve used Aqua Resin before – is that what you’re referring to?