Making your own personal figurines of people.?

Question

I am looking to make figurines of real people. I was wondering if anyone knew how this could be done. The figurines can be plaster, clay, glass or any other type of medium out there I just need a starting point.

Answer 1

OK in my art class we used this wire material and u just wrapped it around lik a toothpick thing and u twisted it and made it into springs and then u like put it together....u can get the wire at any craft store!!! but the more wire you use the more it will look real!!!!! is that what you were lookin for???

Answer 2

That covers a lot of territory... making a figure or anything in glass is pretty different from casting it in plaster or sculpting it in clay, etc. A lot would also depend on how large you wanted the figure, how lifelike you wanted it, etc.

As one starting point though, there's a lot of info on making both whimsical and realistic figures from polymer clay on these pages at my site:

http://glassattic.com/polymer/sculpture.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/sculpting_body_and_tools.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/heads_masks.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/armatures-perm.htm

and for more of the whimsical and/or seasonal ones:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/kids_beginners.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Christmas.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Halloween_etc.htm


Have fun,

Diane B.

Answer 3

polymer clay, it can be tiny or larger, according to your wishes, you can use wire as a skeleton, also paperclay is great, and you dont even have to bake it, but you do have to paint it after.you can use paperclay over wire or you can use it over paper tubes as a skeleton if you are going for a larger figure. there are tons of books on working with the polymer clays though.

Answer 4

Sure, just use polymer clay like sculpey or Fimo.