Very briefly: the start of things!

I spent my first week running around and buying the materials for my sculpture. This included chicken wire, more synthetic hair, plaster, Eco Flex (similar to Dragon Skin), and beads. My first step was to build the frame of the sculpture out of chicken wire, which I started and nearly finished over the weekend (apologies about the horrible pictures, it was tricky to get good ones):

Front

Back

The chicken wire is not doubt challenging to work with, so my biggest goal is to create a fluid and natural form in the figure's body that is convincing to the viewer. The most challenging part will come when I make the hands (which will actually be tonight). Next, the chicken wire will be covered in plaster bandages (burlap dipped in pottery plaster), and finally papier-mâché. Each of these layers will function as a different layer in the body (muscles, skin, etc.).

I have lots to do but I feel like once this part is over, everything else will come much faster. Back to work!