Wilhelmina the Wire Whippet

[bunn]

I decided to experiment with wire sculpture this week.

With actual dog, for scale.


Wire whippet-face.


It was surprisingly easy and quick to make a reasonably large form and stitch it together with wire, although a little hard on the fingers until I got the knack.   She was very light at first, so I made her feet out of river-pebbles.   The body is chicken wire, reinforced with some galvanised wire for better stability on the legs.

She is quite hard to photograph though.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

She's very difficult to photograph, it's hard to get enough contrast to see the shape of her, she looks more impressive in real life.

Any thoughts on photographic techniques for wire...?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Two possible ideas - and these are just guesses - might be to put it in front of a strongly contrasting colour, and to use manual focus.