Starting to look a lot like Christmas!

Buon giorno mi amici

Well it is starting to look like Christmas time around here.  The shops have begun their displays of glittery gold and silver.  The panatone breads are in abundance.
The rains are consistent...I think this past week I have seen 5 minutes of sunshine...thank goodness my heat is on in my apartment otherwise it would be a damp winter.  I love rain but this is ridiculous rain.  Looking forward to seeing snow...never thought I would say that in a million years!  Just finished my typical morning breakfast of dry toast, butter and jam and now on my 3rd cup of coffee....getting ready for what I hope is an easier day than yesterday.  My dear friend offered to sit again for me so that I could do a bas relief...which I was very excited about.  So for 6 hours of sitting I am pleased with the result.  Also yesterday afternoon was a full half day of plaster mixing.  Sculpting is laborious and tiring so needless to say it was early to bed last night.  I am dreaming of my own sculpting studio and every day I create ideas of how I want it to look.  My friend in Venice who is a glass sculpturer gave me a tour of the workshop she works in through Skype this morning so was able to see the production in full gear.  They had a lot of ovens and the glass sculptures they produce are awesome.  She is sending me a package today so am excited to see what is in it.  Well my alarm keeps going off so that is telling me I must get moving and on my way to school.  Hope you all have a magical day!  Ciao mi amici!

Creating the silicone mould.  I was excited to pour the plaster yesterday.
Hopefully should be dry and ready to go either today or tomorrow...I think I will wait until tomorrow.  It may be fragile so we shall see.  Stay tuned.

I was very happy to see that once we lifted the silicone mould the original clay sculpture was very much intact underneath.

Ahhhhh....finally finished and putting my signature on it.

Pretty happy with the final result...six hours of work...not bad.

Original plaster cast I had mixed two colours hoping I would get a marble effect.  Didn't work and I added to much liquid soap to the barrier of the mould so we spent a week trying to take of the plaster.  We decided that painting it in a bronze tone might be suitable.  So I did.  I like it...we'll see today how the paint was absorbed...might need another coat.  I am having a blast.  Loving every second.