Ok, so it's not exactly Bushcraft related, nor is it strictly a traditional craft, but in my defense I did use traditional tools such as a drawknife and old spokeshaves to get those curves. Heck, I even used a chainsaw for some of the bigger whittling tasks I needed to do on it!
This has been my latest project for a client who wanted a 4 foot tall boy-shaped mannequin for the art classes that he teaches. He's a local artist over here in Frogland.
Having seen a few examples of small and big artists mannequins and the limitations of their movements I went for a different approach to the many joints.
The end result is "Knothead". You can see what he's capable of in the pix below.
I dipped out bigtime as regards payment for the actual time it took but ultimately it was a job I really wanted to have a crack at doing. Maybe once Bertrand (The Artist) starts taking it on his exhibitioon tours I'll get a commission to make another, but whatever, it was a pleasure to have made it. It's spookily life-like too.
The last image is of Knothead at his new home amongst Bertrand Armand's paintings in his gallery.
Tech specs. The head is made up of 6 pieces of wood, the torso is made from 18 pieces, each thigh is made from 2 pieces and I bought the hands from an art shop in the UK. I could have made them as well but they'd have been prohibatively expensive, in the end these bought hands only cost £27.50 each. I used a friends nephew to get the correct dimensions. I have a photo of Knothead to send to him as a thankyou, I think he'll like it, it's not everyday you get immortalised as a mannequin.
Thanks for reading.
This has been my latest project for a client who wanted a 4 foot tall boy-shaped mannequin for the art classes that he teaches. He's a local artist over here in Frogland.
Having seen a few examples of small and big artists mannequins and the limitations of their movements I went for a different approach to the many joints.
The end result is "Knothead". You can see what he's capable of in the pix below.
I dipped out bigtime as regards payment for the actual time it took but ultimately it was a job I really wanted to have a crack at doing. Maybe once Bertrand (The Artist) starts taking it on his exhibitioon tours I'll get a commission to make another, but whatever, it was a pleasure to have made it. It's spookily life-like too.
The last image is of Knothead at his new home amongst Bertrand Armand's paintings in his gallery.
Tech specs. The head is made up of 6 pieces of wood, the torso is made from 18 pieces, each thigh is made from 2 pieces and I bought the hands from an art shop in the UK. I could have made them as well but they'd have been prohibatively expensive, in the end these bought hands only cost £27.50 each. I used a friends nephew to get the correct dimensions. I have a photo of Knothead to send to him as a thankyou, I think he'll like it, it's not everyday you get immortalised as a mannequin.
Thanks for reading.
