More study of Geese

Thanks to  seldom Seen Farm, the Sculptress JOEL had lots of geese available to study and photograph

This one is particularly like our boy!

Greedy Goose sculpture position of his plate

To make sure his right leg developes correctly, the Greedy Goose needs the plate adding in its postion

Work can then continue on the legs and feet

Greedy Goose sculpture head developes

The shape of the head and bill outlines are developed and the pins give a guide for the location of the eyes

Greedy Goose legs and feet start to be formed

The muscles and articulation of the tops of the legs can now be added and the feet  studied and sketched in

During the process work is also carried out on the surfaces of the wings and  tail

Gradual increase and build up

Little by Little the Goose sculpture developes

Width of  breast - the pins help with monitoring width development

The new clay is a slightly different colour and shows the increase across the Goose sculpture

Developement of the head

The Greedy Goose form is developing now, and progress has been made right up to the head

From the front we can see the progressive increase in the width of this bird

Base developed

The base for the Greedy Goose Sculpture has been covered with clay and developed

Greedy Goose skin of clay developes

The frame of the Goose is covered with a layer of clay, carefully worked into the mesh.

the basic outline is more visible and the neck starts to extend up to the head.

A 30cm ruler  shows the 'life sized' scale of the Goose.

Greedy Goose Body filled

Greedy Goose Body mesh has been given a surface layer and  filled with special foam and then painted. 
It was decided later to remove the paper surface,  back to the mesh over most of the Goose to ensure a good key for the clay.

Greedy Goose armature development

The armature is developed

Extra support has been added to the frame  and the profile wires have been added as well as the key support  for the wing. You can see the leg wires, the tail wires and  the neck wire.
The large mesh and then the fine aluminium sculpture mesh is added to the profiles

The Goose body is developing

Greedy Goose Armature Build

The steel armature has been assembled and fixed to the base boards on the special trolley.

The frame has fixing points  for the shape to be developed and the wings and legs to be added. Here the cardboard outline of the goose set up against the armature.

Greedy Goose design developments

There have been  developments with the Greedy Goose design and details, the head up pose has been chosen

 He is guarding his Champagne and plate, and is enjoying his food

He is having a good taste of Sweetcorn, Broccoli and  can you see the large prawns ??

Miniature models of the Greedy Goose design

Two design options for the Greedy Goose Sculpture

This shows Greedy Goose with his head  lowering over his Food and Drink

Here he is head up and looking rather pleased with himself !...even though the plate is empty at the moment... we are thinking of Greedy Goose things to eat, to add to the plate.