Nephele - Part 2 - Working it all out

After coming up with a contemporary fairy design Robin Wight makes a start on the sculpture. He has to work out how to support it as well as how to hold it, frozen in space while he solves the design problems.
Background:
Back in the 16th century is was very common for people to believe in fairies, but they didn’t think they were eight inches tall, necessarily good or even sporting wings. For instance, if a baby was born with physical or mental defects, people referred to them as changelings and claimed that fairies had replaced them. Fairies were magical but were feared as more malevolent beings.
In was in the early 1900’s, probably as a result of the Peter Pan story, that the pretty little friendly female magic being became the common image of a fairy. It was about the same time that the Cottingley fairy photos hit the headlines and took the world by storm. This new image persisted for some time and when Disney released the animated film of Peter Pan in 1953, Tinkerbell cemented that image as the de-facto description of a fairy into the worlds psyche.
I’m happy to go along with the magical female bit and even the force for good, but I’d like to promote a new, more contemporary image of a fairy: Fairies can be delicate, feminine with whimsical character traits who collect dandelion seeds and grant wishes for humans. I love making these characters, but they can also be strong sexy action heroes that exist to protect the world from evil.
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[@joannfinley1428]

I'm so glad you decided to share how you create your sculptures with us (your fans!) I've often wondered how you made them and it's wonderful to be able to watch you work while your vision takes shape!! Thank you!!! ♥

[@roseannegibson3343]

Fantastic

[@constantobserver2490]

amazing and fascinating to watch you go through the design process into the implementation of the end work. ty for sharing the whole thing. p.s. like all true artists, you've made yourself a wonder 'workbench' of that tree stump. love it!

[@droogtchekhova32]

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