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Ekka is a one of a kind griffin thinger, sort of a random personal side project. She's made from polymer clay over wire and foil, and painted in acrylics. I had originally intended for her to be a lot creepier; she ended up super cute! (Besides the weird mangled front feet...)Ekka is about 7 inches tall and balances on her two feet. She has lots of feathery detail and layers of colour. She was a lot of fun to make, especially since I needed the practice sculpting feathers. In the next few months I'm hoping to do a more traditional looking griffin.
Ekka is for sale on etsy! [link]
If you are interested in following my sculpture work and seeing progress photos feel free to check out my facebook [link] or tumblr [link]
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I had a go at drawing this, it was fun! Thank you for uploading it 
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I love all of your sculptures! so beautiful!!
What type of clay do you use to mold them? Starting to do sculpting but have not been able to find a good clay yet, one that doesnt dry while im working with it and can be played around with very easily :/
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Not yet, she's on etsy for $185, the link is in my journal
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That looks pretty cool. I like how you called her a griffin thinger. I love the colors on her.
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What a neat looking creature! I really like this style and detailing
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What a beauty!!! Wonderful job, especially on all that feather detail!
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What about a hippogriph? That would be awesome too. She is cute though.
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I should do one! Eventually 
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Adorable! I really love the texture! The lower left photo is my favorite!
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okay i have been wondering this for a while. how do you construct the wire armature? can you put up a tutorial for me to see how you do it? and where can you get the wire mesh at?
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I have a unicorn tutorial in my gallery that sort of goes over the process, but it's old. *SovaeArt also has several, none specifically on armature but many include it. I haven't had time to make tutorials in a long time but am hoping to have an armature one in the future. My best advice is to use thick (16 or 14 gauge) galvanized steel wire, and to use a small, think type of wire to wrap around everything else. I often reinforce my armatures with apoxie sculpt before I add the clay, to make sure things don't move around. I buy all my wire and stuff from a hardware store (Rona, Lowe's, Home Depot, Canadian Tire, etc). The foil I wrap around at the end, I don't use actual wire mesh unless it's a super large sculpture. I hope that helps, I'll try to see about doing a tutorial but it'll take me a few months 
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