Time for the birds sitting in the tree behind Sigurd having a debate regarding the outcome of the event being played out before them. I was glad that I held back on the scales for the last dragon. Birds however do have a lot of feathers. And I really liked the way they came out. But it took forever. No more birds. Well maybe some more but they will be more of a lump on a stick.

It’s time to do some beheading. Sigurd is in for a big sweeping motion with a sword in hand. And Regin is about to loose his head.

Also I removed the automatic share with Facebook and LinkedIn. That will allow me to see if I have any dedicated followers 🙂 and also the impact I get when I make a post that is shared.
I also Think that people are less inclined to click and look if I post every day. So there will be daily updates or so but only weekly push by the means of other social media.

 

Even if I don’t update every day doesn’t mean I don’t work.
So here is the first and hopefully not last sculpt dump.

Finished the big sculpt of Sigurd licking his fingers after burning them on the barbecue heart of Fafner. Getting the dragons blood into his mouth enables him to understand the song the birds are singing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loke as a fortunate fisherman catches the dwarf Andvare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After making the big sculpt of Sigurd I needed to relax and decided to make another dragon shape for Fafner. Not as big as the last and less abstract.

 

Well there he is. Utter, sunbathing to his hearts content. Head turned away and can’t be seen from this angle. Well I can’t show you everything else you won’t show up in person 🙂
Hard to find the time to sculpt during the weekend when sun is shining and the ice is perfect for skating.

Stepping into the comfort zone every now and then to breathe. In a few minutes I’ll go back downstairs to work some more on a bigger piece figuring Sigurd.
Clay has a tendency not to support figures standing up. So I keep treading new ground.

– Oh, nothing…

Spending time with my blacksmith friend and his fantastic wife is always a fantastic.
They are both great role models. When I get older I want to be like them.

I had to start the day by closing a old chapter with a tripod for cooking over open fire.
Once that was done I could spend a hour or so to create some props for my sculpts.
Never have I made so many swords, spears and axes in one day.

 

 

Reimar sees something that makes him a bit upset.
Trying to keep up.

On my 40 birthday I got a exhibition as a present from my fantastic wife. Today that opening day, the 8th of march is not so far away. I have decided on a topic and started making my sculpts 10 days ago. My goal is to make an average of one sculpt/day. The topic of the exhibit is the thousand year old tale of Sigurd Fafners bane.

In short the story of Sigurd Fafners bane is the Nordic version of the german Nibelungenlied.

So I’ll have to create quite a numner of characters for the exhibit where I’ll set them up in different scenes from the story.
The gods: Oden, Loke, Höner
The father: of three sons Reidmar
The sons:
Utter (that gets slain by the gods as he was shapeshifted into a otter)
Regin: the blacksmith
Fafner: The shapeshifter that slays his father to get a hold of the gold that the gods payed as fine for slaying Reidmars son Utter. He then guards the treasure in the shape of a dragon.
Sigurd the son in law to the prins of Denmark
And a bunch of other characters I’ll present as I proceed.

The idéa is that you’ll be able to follow my progress from start to finnish on this project.
I’ll end up burning the sculpts in Raku technique.