Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:13:59 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Best Instructional Sculpture videos?


The video, "SCULPTING THE HUMAN HEAD" by Mark Alfrey was mentioned here.

I had a chance to view this video a few months ago, but was a bit 
disappointed. Note that I think his sculpting skills are wonderful, 
but it is the instruction that is lacking.  The first few minutes are 
essentially a commercial for WED clay. There are no discussions about 
geometry or other aspects of the human head.  It is simply watching 
him sculpt with a bit of talk.  He spends a good amount of the time 
on skin texturing... and he does that well.

Another reason that this may not benefit many puppeteers is that he 
is working on full-sized human heads, and focusing on the fine details.

I suspect the kinds of videos most beneficial to puppeteers will be 
the ones dedicated to the polymer clays, since they tend to work on 
smaller scales and do characters.


Joe Dunfee  joe-AT-dunfee.com
Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 

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