Replica Sculpture

For our assignment, we were asked to create a replica of an object that we own. I chose a small, bendable Gumby action figure. I chose this object because it is one of the oldest toys I own from my childhood. I decided to make my own playdough to create this replica, so I could bring the childish feel of the toy into my replica, but the playdough was not sturdy enough to hold its shape. I then decided to try my luck at carving Gumby's shape out of a green bar of Lever soap. I feel that the sculpture went well at first, as I have never done a reductive sculpture before, let alone a reductive sculpture out of a bar of soap. Once little details had to be added, I started having problems. I tried to keep Gumby only one piece, but piece piece and limb by limb he started falling apart. I had to come up with a method of holding him together. I am unfamiliar with how different adhesives and soap hold up together. I resorted to using tiny pieces of paperclips to hold Gumby's arms and legs on, with a little bit of Sobo glue for extra strength. Because of the size of the bar of soap, I had to scale down Gumby's size to about 1/3 of the original size. The facial features are cut paper held with Sobo glue.