Halloween art sculpture pendant!

Teehee...wanted to do something fun for Halloween, so decided to sculpt a hanging bat. The size is 3 1/2 inches wide. The first photo is on a window with a piece of paper to allow light through, but not the scenery, the second is against a solid background.

You can learn a lot about something from sculpting it. I never realized that the supports for the wings were actually 'finger bones' with the hooked one at the end the same as a thumb. I used sterling silver wire for this part. 

I also made this a bat girl, instead of a bat boy, because, whew, no mistaking the boys! 

I made this from opaque ivory, but I ran the wing material through a pasta machine several times to get it thin enough to drape and in the process it became quite translucent. There's a lot of curvature in the wing molding that doesn't really show up in the photos.

I really thought some part of this little guy would break before I got it done, but I just kept a steady soft hand, and now that I've got a good solid acrylic varnish on it, it's really quite solid.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed it...Happy Halloween and hope you all get loads of treats!

Sue
http://www.adyinart.com/