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Course Information

Description: Lisa Lichtenfels shares her techniques in creating her delicate needle modeling for realistic facial features.
Media Category: Soft Sculpture
Course Type: Self-directed (refer to the FAQ page for full descriptions of each course type)
Special Category: Legacy course

Course Format: Technique
Course Begins: March 01, 2024 - Ongoing
Course Duration: 3.5 hours

What will Students learn?  Head construction, includes instructions on skull shapes, wire support for features, sculpting in batting and, needle modeling in nylon for realistic facial features.
Instructor/Students interaction: No Interaction
Class Size: No Limit
Skill Level: All levels welcome
Required skill(s): Sewing and needle modelling skills

Supplies and tools: Noted in video
Downloads: 3 videos

Disclaimer: While the early recording technology and resolution of older video recordings may not be on par with current standards, the techniques and information shared by these Master Artists are timeless and still relevant for today's students.

Course Curriculum

    1. Introduction & Welcome!

    2. LINKS: Recommended Materials & Supplies

    3. Recommended Materials & Supplies (PDF)

    1. PART ONE: Drawing and head construction

    2. PART ONE, continued: Facial construction

    3. PART TWO: Finishing The Persephone Head

About this course

  • $125.00
  • 6 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

Instructor

Lisa Lichtenfels

LEGACY: Soft Sculpture

Fabric is one of the oldest craft or art forms developed by man, but only recently has it become possible to make fabric figures realistic. This technological leap was made possible by the invention of nylon, which is an extremely moldable fabric
(capable of stretching five times its sitting length while returning to its original size once tension is released).
I have developed techniques of layering various colored nylons and “needle modelling” them over mixed-media bodies to create figurative realism.

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