Showing posts with label work in progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work in progress. Show all posts
Watcher in the Water
7/16/2014
The deep colour of this lapis lazuli stone reminded me of a dark, still pool near the Westgate of Moria in Middle-Earth and of its inhabitant - the Watcher. Watcher in the Water is a terrifying, squid-like beast that attacked the Fellowship by the Doors of Durin. It's a mysterious creature - J.R.R. Tolkien never explicitly stated what it is or where it came from.
The pendant is made from fine and sterling silver. The tentacles were sculped by hand and measure only 1-2mm in diameter.
You can see some work in progress pictures here and below:
Sculpting practice: tentacles
3/11/2014
As I gather
tons of new jewellery ideas, I am seeing that I need some drawing and sculpting
practice to eventually make them real. Some time ago I started to search for sculpting
inspirations and tutorials and I finally found a motivation to try something different
than anything I made so far. Tentacles!
These two tiny tentacles on the right are unfinished, but I really learnt a lot thanks to them. They allowed me to experiment with different techniques and to find out which suit me best while working on something so small. Soon I am going to make similar ones - this time in silver, as a part of “the Watcher in the Water” project with lapis lazuli :)
