I mentioned in a previous post that the stock aluminum grip didn’t have enough texture. I’m planning to switch to an aftermarket grip, but until I decide on one, I modded the factory grip to make it more functional. Ran it today in a session—it felt great. I could really lock in and stay connected to the gun.
I make my armatures out of metal, which I design, hand cut out of steel with a plasma cutter, mig welded and then I cover it with aluminum foil (to get the base shape)and add the Clay Shay, prime it, then paint. What I like about making the metal armatures is that it allows me to defy gravity with the birds standing sometimes on just one leg.
“These are large pieces—between 30″ and 47″ which is why Apoxie Sculpt is the perfect material.” Sharon Mackey is a multi‑media, self‑taught artist whose work explores the fluid border between memory and marine myth. Although she now lives in Colorado, Sharon’s earliest and strongest influences are the water and shoreline play of her childhood. Those […]
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