Philippe Faraut - Sculptor

A few years ago my sister sent me a youtube video link to a video of Philippe Faraut doing a time lapsed sculpture. I was memorized. I've done some figurative sculpture and have been wanting to do more in the last little while but knowing how I am, I figured the best way would be to take a trip that centered around a sculpture seminar. I've always worked at a tiny scale - not because I wanted to, but because I couldn't afford to use so much clay at one time. One of the things on my bucket list is to go to one of his seminars during my vacation. It'll probably be four or five years in the future, but I'm going to do it.

Another youtube video I saw that day was this one by Joanna Mozdzen. She doesn't teach seminars like Philippe does, but I learned some about the process from watching her video.

Soon, I'm going to have to get my hands into some clay. A year or so ago I did a few steampunk inspired sculptures with some sculpey clay and various metal found pieces. Those two pieces turned out great, but since sculpey is so expensive, I was limited as to size. The final pieces I made were probably not even three inches high.