Father Maquette:  1/3 life-size study.  These
will be used as the models for the final piece.

 

Maquette of the mother.  
The final figures will be life-size.



A steel armature supports the sculpture like
a skeleton.  It's padded with styrofoam to reduce the weight by using less clay.

 

 


Chicken wire is stretched over the foam to give the clay something to hold on to.




Close-up of the final portrait.

 

They may still require some touching-up.

 

 

 

 

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