~Bunny in Resin~
Resin Release Date: July 17, 2017
Price: $315 ppd in the US. $330 ppd International.
Edition: One mold run of this version.
~About Bunny~
As many of you may know, Bunny was commissioned by The Peter Stone Company in January 2017. She was released in plastic by them as a new sculpture for their line on July 4th, 2017. Those will begin shipping in Sept. 2017. I look forward to all the different manes and tails she will wear over the years to come as well as the beautiful coat colors that artists create for her.
I reserved all rights to the resin down to 1.5 inches long. The 1.5" size limit is so that I have the rights to a mini size (about 4" long) and they have the option of making her into jewelry.
This particular version will be a one mold run in resin. There may be a resculpted version released in the future. I am currently working on one, but then again, I am working on a lot of sculptures and many just never make it into production, so we'll see.
The time frame to get her completed was short: In order to have any hope of having her ready for Equilocity in July, I had just 7 weeks to finish her. Needless to say, I was a nervous wreck, more than once wondering what on earth I had gotten myself into. I had my boys do the grocery shopping and planned dinners that they could make for themselves. I basically had to cancel my normal responsibilities and just sculpt all day every day. I actually had to have her mold made and have a resin copy within 7 1/2 weeks, so that cut off about a week of sculpting time! Due some last minute changes requested during the final phase, she ended up going a bit over the 7 weeks, but I was very happy with the results in such a short time. Back in the fall of 2016 I began making changes to an original Scarlett resin and she was well into modifications by the time the Stones contacted me. However, many, many major changes were made in the final process, so much of the previous sculpting had to be redone.
What breed is she? Well, I used primarily Brabant reference photos for her. However, I had some other photos that inspired me as well. The photo to the right being one of my all time favorite photos- ever. This mare is just Mary Poppins; Practically Perfect In Every Way :) I used this photo a LOT, but simply lacked the time to do all I wanted with her. Plus I was working with a hard copy, not clay. Just looking at it again now makes me want to start a new clay sculpture of this mare..... That may happen sooner rather than later... There is a larger size of this photo at the bottom of this page in the gallery. She is such a doll face!
Bunny was sculpted specifically for production in plastic, and had to be done quickly. I was in close contact with the team at the Stone Factory during the sculpting process, sharing progress photos and making changes as needed. For those reasons, I was not able to take my time leisurely adding as many wrinkles and details as I would have liked. That said, she does have wrinkles, whisker bumps, hoof grooves, etc that all show up nicely on the resin. However, some details were removed because they would not have translated well in plastic.
Her mane and tail were deliberately sculpted very minimally in order to not interfere with her neck on either side and allow for many different custom mane and tail options in plastic ( The Stone Factory is known for their amazing custom manes and tails!). This applies to customizing the resin as well; mane and tail removal take seconds and there is no anatomy resculpting required before putting on new hair. I do plan to customize a few resins to sell.
I collected Breyers as a girl ( I had a total of 35) but I never dreamed I would one day sculpt for the family that founded the company! It was such an honor, and really a dream come true.
Click on the photos below for a larger view. These pics are of the original master copy just prior to molding.
Price: $315 ppd in the US. $330 ppd International.
Edition: One mold run of this version.
~About Bunny~
As many of you may know, Bunny was commissioned by The Peter Stone Company in January 2017. She was released in plastic by them as a new sculpture for their line on July 4th, 2017. Those will begin shipping in Sept. 2017. I look forward to all the different manes and tails she will wear over the years to come as well as the beautiful coat colors that artists create for her.
I reserved all rights to the resin down to 1.5 inches long. The 1.5" size limit is so that I have the rights to a mini size (about 4" long) and they have the option of making her into jewelry.
This particular version will be a one mold run in resin. There may be a resculpted version released in the future. I am currently working on one, but then again, I am working on a lot of sculptures and many just never make it into production, so we'll see.
The time frame to get her completed was short: In order to have any hope of having her ready for Equilocity in July, I had just 7 weeks to finish her. Needless to say, I was a nervous wreck, more than once wondering what on earth I had gotten myself into. I had my boys do the grocery shopping and planned dinners that they could make for themselves. I basically had to cancel my normal responsibilities and just sculpt all day every day. I actually had to have her mold made and have a resin copy within 7 1/2 weeks, so that cut off about a week of sculpting time! Due some last minute changes requested during the final phase, she ended up going a bit over the 7 weeks, but I was very happy with the results in such a short time. Back in the fall of 2016 I began making changes to an original Scarlett resin and she was well into modifications by the time the Stones contacted me. However, many, many major changes were made in the final process, so much of the previous sculpting had to be redone.
What breed is she? Well, I used primarily Brabant reference photos for her. However, I had some other photos that inspired me as well. The photo to the right being one of my all time favorite photos- ever. This mare is just Mary Poppins; Practically Perfect In Every Way :) I used this photo a LOT, but simply lacked the time to do all I wanted with her. Plus I was working with a hard copy, not clay. Just looking at it again now makes me want to start a new clay sculpture of this mare..... That may happen sooner rather than later... There is a larger size of this photo at the bottom of this page in the gallery. She is such a doll face!
Bunny was sculpted specifically for production in plastic, and had to be done quickly. I was in close contact with the team at the Stone Factory during the sculpting process, sharing progress photos and making changes as needed. For those reasons, I was not able to take my time leisurely adding as many wrinkles and details as I would have liked. That said, she does have wrinkles, whisker bumps, hoof grooves, etc that all show up nicely on the resin. However, some details were removed because they would not have translated well in plastic.
Her mane and tail were deliberately sculpted very minimally in order to not interfere with her neck on either side and allow for many different custom mane and tail options in plastic ( The Stone Factory is known for their amazing custom manes and tails!). This applies to customizing the resin as well; mane and tail removal take seconds and there is no anatomy resculpting required before putting on new hair. I do plan to customize a few resins to sell.
I collected Breyers as a girl ( I had a total of 35) but I never dreamed I would one day sculpt for the family that founded the company! It was such an honor, and really a dream come true.
Click on the photos below for a larger view. These pics are of the original master copy just prior to molding.
The phases of Bunny's work in progress.....I ended up using 3 different types of epoxy... some is
so light gray you can barely see the difference between it and the white resin. I used that type on her face.
Tons of hours of grinding with the dremel went into this... honestly, my lungs are probably full resin powder. I can't tell you how many hours were spent just Dremeling. I thought my hands and arms would be forever frozen into position....like claws grasping a horse on one hand and Dremel in the other!