Isabella

[Heidi Maiers]

Thanks Alexandra! I respect all of your work immensely, so your gracious comments are not taken lightly. It is a pretty straight forward portrait. I recall Garth's bust of a little girl of about the same age where he was really able to portray her squirmy nature with her neck and shoulders all scrunched and twisted. Loved that one.

I did find this other angle that I snapped just before I started molding her, but all of this set turned out super blurry (the one above was the least) due to not taking the time to go get my tripod to steady my hand. Impossible to get clear photos on a small piece, in low light, with the delayed shutter speed, without a tripod! Doh!

[Tom Edgerton]

Heidi--

This is great! I'll bet it will REALLY swing when the light hits the bronze...

Best--TE

[Heidi Maiers]

Thanks Tom! Swing?
Here's a couple angles of the granite version. Looks quite a bit different in this medium.

[Tom Edgerton]

I'm showing my age here...."swing" as in musical expression, primarily jazz, where the result has an indefinable feeling of life and human essence that results from artistic exploration and expression at the time of creation, that isn't contained in or explained by the musical score itself, ie., the notes on the page.

Or in more pedestrian definitions, courtesy of Webster's:
4 b: to play or sing with a lively compelling rhythm; specifically: to play swing music
8 a: to be lively, exciting, and up-to-date

Or as the old song says:
"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!"

Your work swings.

[Linda Brandon]

Heidi, what a terrific piece! I love the speckled stone and the grace and charm of this little girl. It's wonderful to see you on here again and I'm so glad to hear you've had so much work.

I'm so glad Chris has posted that link - I've always wanted to sculpt something other than PlayDoh monsters. I'm ordering a book right away.

[David Carroll]

Bravo... Nice piece. She looked like a very serious little girl in the clay, but seems to have softened in the cast version.

Peace,

[Marina Dieul]

What a lovely piece ,Heidi !
That's so interresting to see different cast versions.