sleeping baby giraffe pendant

[Wallace]

I can't work with wax, yet I can with silver sheet - how is that even right? I would save so much time and funds if I were to get things cast - and do more than one!

here is, as per title, a baby giraffe taking a snooze.

I have included my original sketch, original outline cut with a 3/0 blade, then a bit of texturing for depth and marking out lines. The metal was cut into with found and flat gravers. To finish I have used liver of sulphur for that illusion of the golden sandy colour. I really must remember to put something on my fingers when using gravers for an extended amount of time to avoid getting blisters - and of course relax my grip a bit more.

this has been posted on FB - but some peeps don't visit there.

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[trialuser]

Ha - I didn't believe that's how giraffes slept so I looked on google images.
Blow me, you're spot on.

[Wallace]

Ha - I didn't believe that's how giraffes slept so I looked on google images.
Blow me, you're spot on.

thank you

stops them getting trodden on I suppose

I understand that in their natural environment, they only sleep in short bursts.

[Dennis]

Very inventive. Lots of admiration from me.

Bit of masking tape around the painful part of the graver? Regards, Dennis.

[Wallace]

Very inventive. Lots of admiration from me.

Bit of masking tape around the painful part of the graver? Regards, Dennis.

thank you very much Dennis

I have some of that shrink plastic, but I think it was being too heavy fingered - later on, once the blisters were apparent, I went more softly and had really good results. Lessons in everything. I will be adding another layer of shrink plastic.

[ajda]

I was born and raised in Kenya and am a sucker for anything depicting wild African animals... and there are few things as cute as a baby giraffe, asleep or awake. That's a beautiful piece of work and I admire it more for being a one-off worked with blood, sweat and blisters from a piece of sheet rather than a cast from a wax model. Since I'm one of those with an allergy to Facebook I really appreciate you sharing it here.

[more534]

charming!
and I too have an allergy to Facebook. I really like your work.