Book sculptures-bringing the story to life- by viki

How thrilled I am with this finished piece! It took 3 separate pieces to sculpt a "Tara" that I was happy with and I think this one has the feel of a plantation house. I love love love 'Scarlet', hopefully I captured a picture that shows the details of her dress-- so cute. I spent a lot of time cutting trees that suited me for the scene and of course, the farmhands just complete the vision in my head.

Finally got around to taking the pictures of my Snow White sculpture. Oh my gosh I need a better system for taking the photos--they just don't seem to do the pieces proud. There is so much more dimension and detail that what appears in the photo.  In any event, I am very happy with this piece. My grandson, Trentyn-- who is 5 years old was very impressed and seemed to want to crawl right into that little world! That is exactly what I hope to accomplish with the sculptures

Last night I put the finishing touches on my new Snow White book sculpture. I really enjoyed this one and I love the 'woods' (trees) that I made. Definately developing some new techniques as I go and am discovering that I need to think on a smaller scale. Pictures to follow.

I love the clean lines of the staircase.

Jack & the Beanstalk full view

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I started last week trying my hand at paper and book sculpting and discovered a whole new passion. I am so excited by this new art that it has consumed my thoughts even in my sleep.  I love the meticulous craft of sculpting and modeling the objects from book paper but what I love even more than that is bringing the story to life with my own vision. I have completed 3 sculptures at this point. I have to admit I really loved my first try but have since destroyed it so that I can start over with the same vision. I am learning as I go and have already seen the pitfalls to watch for and the possibilities to strive for :)
Hope to have some decent pictures to share tomorrow.