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Step 7Sculpt the bust
Using hands, or sculpture tools, sculpt the material as you would clay. These busts take me about 7 or 8 hours to make, which includes about 4 hours of the model's time.
Unlike clay, which can be kept moist and pliable by preventing evaporation, the grout is in a continual process of hardening up once it receives water. It's always easier to add more fresh grout to the bust later than it is to carve away hardened grout, so try not to over-shoot your mark if you can avoid it.
Please excuse the unnatural colors of some of the photos. I don't know what causes my camera to go wacky on the colors at times. It's time for a new camera, I guess.
Unlike clay, which can be kept moist and pliable by preventing evaporation, the grout is in a continual process of hardening up once it receives water. It's always easier to add more fresh grout to the bust later than it is to carve away hardened grout, so try not to over-shoot your mark if you can avoid it.
Please excuse the unnatural colors of some of the photos. I don't know what causes my camera to go wacky on the colors at times. It's time for a new camera, I guess.
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