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Week Two of People Helping Build the Princess Sculpture

10/9/2012

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The second week of people helping build the sculpture started with the group of Bonnie Hale along with her children Maeve and Sam Konyer.  Joining them was Cindi Conlon who happened to be a neighbour from our old neighbourhood.  That provided a surprise bonus for the project, getting to catch up with a friend from the past.

This group completed the application of the first layer of Winterstone to the head and neck then began shaping the sculpture by applying the second layer of Winterstone clay to the thighs and paper bag.

A side note: All four of these participants were left handed causing me to be "left out" as the only right handed sculptor.

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One day when my wife's parents Shirley and John Burrows were over for a visit I mentioned that the public were invited to help build the Paper Bag Princess sculpture.  They sheepishly asked if family was allowed to participate.   "Of course", I replied.  Later that day when I logged onto email, there was a request from them. How sweet!

Another person expressing interest was Andrew Skelton, a friend of Justin Wolting, my son-in-law.  He saw my sculptures during events surrounding Justin and Sondra's wedding and jumped at the chance to participate creating one.

With a group consisting of all adults, I took the opportunity to lie the sculpture on her side to provide easy access to the bottom of the bag.  It's much easier to apply Winterstone clay when you aren't fighting gravity.  Once the bottom was complete we stood the princess back up applied clay to give her heftier thighs and a thicker right arm.



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More helping relatives stepped up to try their hands at sculpting WInterstone.  My aunt Donna Kramp brought her granddaughter Maleline Zammit who loves craft building to apply a clay layer.  

Apparently another life skill helps develop sculpting skill.  Madeline said, "It's like putting peanut butter on toast."

This team of two focused on applying a layer of WInterstone to cover up the wire mesh pattern showing through the paper bag part of the sculpture.

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    Thousands of potential sculptures lie within each and every uncut stone.  Sometimes the destiny is obvious when I see a stone and sometimes releasing the sculpture within is a long journey following countless hints and inspirations.

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