{"id":1317,"date":"2014-09-20T21:21:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T21:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2014-09-20T21:21:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T21:21:13","slug":"a-hand-on-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/09\/20\/a-hand-on-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hand on Bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’d planned to give Bottom a left hand, on the right of the tree as you look at it; the idea was to have it pushing aside a few leaves, and I did a preparatory drawing at home the night before. Unfortunately when I got to the tree, the drawing just didn’t seem to translate to the actual piece ~ I had given him a bit of a shoulder and arm (which I’ll add to with some clothing), and I think that maybe subtly altered something which made the hand idea look wrong.\u00a0 Cue a period of indecision as I drew and redrew the hand again and again trying to make it work, but to no avail. I really felt Bottom needed something to show he was a human with an ass’s head, and so decided on a hand on the left of the tree almost caressing Titania’s head.<\/p>\n

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Bottom’s shoulder, and no hand.<\/p>\n

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Working on the hand.<\/p>\n

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The outline started on the leaf on the right.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’ll finish this leaf and clothe Bottom, and carve some more leaves before tackling the dress of Titania.<\/p>\n

I wanted some oak leaves in certain places, and there was a nice space above the hand and on the right of the head.<\/p>\n

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