barbel sculpting

[Mark Thompson]

I have "commissioned" my daughter to sculpt a 15" to 18" long barbel for me.
She has already done a couple of other scaley creatures and the fine detail achieved is quite astonishing, so I thought why not .

As I understand it the fish is modelled in firm clay from a number a close up photos ( which I took ), then a mould is formed and a casting produced which is cleaned up and painted.
Not entirely sure where I will mount it yet , but she reckons it could go outdoors on a wall if wifey dissaproves of having it indoors !

Wondered whether some might like to see the creation evolve if I put a few photos on here as she slowly works at it step by step over the next few weeks to completion ?

I took some real close up photos of a barbels head ,mouth, chin ,fins etc for this and then enlarged them on the computor,,,the results were quite facinating,,,, give it a go .

Regards Mark

 

[Shaun Nurse]

Sounds good Mark, should be very interesting to see what develops!! I think lots of us on here will be watching to see how it comes out.

 

[Derek Funcks]

Sounds great Mark, can we have the first picture of you digging for clay.

 

[John Young]

Hi
sounds a fantastic idea
there would be a great deal of interest from the carp boys and also the trout and Salmon anglers
keep us posted
regards

 

[Gavin Hoe-Richardson]

Go for it Mark. It would be an unusual and interesting thread.

 

[Mark Thompson]

Thanks for the interest I will start posting pictures soon.

Although my daughter and I both agree it would be good for her to catch or at least see one first hand.(its an artist thing I guess) She needs a few more photos to work from anyway.

Mark

 

[Andy Millichamp]

A good sculpture can reveal more than a photo ... so yes she does need to see some real barbel to get the feel for them if she's going to capture it effectively. Thanks Mark, this should be a really interesting thread, I for one will be keeping an eye on it.