- 10. Custom made brass nut silver-soldered into the hole.
- 28. Planishing on the hair to get it nice and smooth all over.
- 30. The form is now ready to close up.
- 6. Forming the end on a domed stake.
- 26. Using a chasing tool for the finer details. I did a lot of this, but it was too hard to get any pictures in which you could actually see what was going on. I had to use the hand holding the chasing tool to also steady the piece, and this hid the actua
- 26. turned over and fused into a makeshift container with more wax. Chasing the details of the face.
- 28. I used a knife to cut the tape on the pencil line, starting to peel it off the mandrel.
- 3. Finishing up forming the tube (spiculum).
- 25. Filled with microcrystalline wax.
- 9. Hole drilled to accept a custom made brass nut for hanging the bell.
- 24. Putting in the slits of the closed eyes, hammering using the previously shown stake to support the metal right next to where I'm hammering.
- 31. Closing up the form.
- 20. Hammering under the nose, using the stake shown in the previous image.
- 27. Chasing completed.
- 9.