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SCULPTURE Polar Bear close upby ~pixiwillow

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Figurative

Close up and size comparison of polar bear from East of the Sun West of the Moon illustrative sculpt.
I sculpted the bear from polymer clay and furred him by hand. Fur is applied bit by bit, not as a pelt, and was from recycled material.

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~LatiLove Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

how do you do the furring? i'd like to do this, its really beautiful. looks so real!

~oFMuRi Jun 11, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

Hi PixiWillow - I'm captivated by how you created this guy. Where did you learn to fur ?
That's actually something I've been thinking about a lot lately as something to incorporate into my sculptures.
Any information and advice you can give would be greatly helpful and massively appreciated.

~pixiwillow Jun 12, 2012

When I started there really wasn't any information out there...at least that I could find. I wanted my figures to be more realistic, so I decided to try to extend the technique I used to apply hair to a figure on to the body as well. It just takes a lot of patience. Sometimes I'll redo areas multiple times, until I'm satisfied with the results, or just plain sick of trying. I feel like it can always be better, and I keep trying to make it that with each new piece. I dream of working with silicone, so I can use the punch tool furring technique...one hair at a time...rooted into the piece...ah, sweet perfection.

~IvyDavermeade Mar 4, 2012

What a beautiful sculpture - it's so realistic.

*KateBloomfield Jan 19, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

the fur must have been a pain in the butt... Im currently doing a sculpture, and adding the fur bit by bit. But yours is seamless. You can see heaps of the glue on mine