Chibiterasu fuzzy wire sculpture
A pipe cleaner sculpture I did of Chibiterasu from Okamiden. If I can find skin colored pipe cleaners, I'll make Kuni to ride on his back.
Time it took: five hours
Number of pipe cleaners: around 80
Cost in materials: $5.00
Amazing! could you possible teach me how to make something like this? please? im begging you...i've been trying to make these for months now and i always end up wasting pipe cleaners :(
ReplyDeleteDo you have examples of pipe cleaner sculptures you've already made? All the people I know who make these usually go about it in different ways, there's not really a standard "How to do this" formula.
DeleteHere's what I do...
First I make an armature (which basically looks like a skeleton with added support), then I wrap pipe-cleaners around that armature to make the "skin". Each armature looks different depending on what creature I'm making. Chibiterasu's armature didn't look anything like a dragon's would.
All of my sculptures are hallow on the inside, but since I make the armatures super strong, they don't get crushed as easily. They have a surprising amount of weight to them when they're finished.
I don't have any sculptures of my own, the ones I make don't end up the way I would like them to(e.g. neck to long, limbs not even, or just weird looking) so I dismantle them...yours looks like it supposed to.
DeleteI know this might be asking to much, but would you be able to take pictures during your next project, just so I have a visualization that I can reference to?
Sure thing, I actually don't have an idea of what I'm going to make next. Was there anything in particular you wanted to see?
Deletehow about a tiger? if its not too much trouble...
DeleteSure thing, I'll give it a try!
DeleteThank you :) can't wait to see it and its process
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