
30. Rounding it over on the raising stake.
29. Starting the outward curve on the sand bag.
28. Now on Part Two, making the hat, which is also the handle. Here is the piece of brass sheet cut out and annealed.
27. Dissolving the wax residue.
26. Heating it gently with the torch to get the wax out.
25. Looking good, ready to empty out the wax and move on.
24. More detailing. I spent many hours on this, using many different tools.
23. Working on the crease in the cheek.
22. I have filled it up with microcrystalline wax (you cane see it, the brown filling up the mouth opening. I'm now starting the fine detailing using chasing tools.
21. How it looks so far. You can see light shining through the mouth opening. He has no upper lip; this is a caricature after all.
20. Here the mouth has been silver-soldered some on both sides to limit the opening to the middle.
19. Pushing down on the lip to curl it downward more and make more of an opening.
18. one of several steps to turn the lip inside-out.
17. Cutting open the mouth with a jeweler's saw. After all, this is to be a teapot, so it has to have a spout.
16. Using the stake shown on the left to form the sides of the nostrils.