ERIKA- 2008
Madeline 2008
Maddy 21"
Enclosed Ball-joints 2007
This is Freya, an Autumn Fairy. 
The Soft Sculpture process begins with a wire skeleton that has been built from anatomically proportionate drawings.
Layers of cotton batting are built up gradually and "muscles" are added.
Layers of nylon "skin" are applied until the desired tone is achieved.
The example shown is the French Orpheline.
The head is sculpted from clay, either water based or air dry polymer, covered in two layers of nylon and handpainted. The hair is human, attached in small locks with silicone over many hours, allowed to dry for several days, then styled.
