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Fiddle Components

April 22nd, 2007 by goregt

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Building out the individual components of the fiddle

Now it is time to start building out the different components of the fiddle. I plan to give my fiddle a little flavor so do not expect it to look like a traditional fiddle. Instead, my goal is to tweak the design a bit using my own unique style. There is nothing wrong with a traditional looking fiddle and I’m not going to radically change anything but I wanted to create something that just didn’t look like something you see in our environment.

The polymer clay I am using for this particular piece is Super Sculpey.

	Ok, if you read the last lesson you are already aware that the fiddle was baked at the end of the lesson. After each baking I have to add Vaseline to the sculpture so that the new clay will stick. I’m not going to show this step again since I’ve already covered it in several lessons. I do not want the top of my fiddle to be flat so I have added a rounded surface to it. Nothing extreme but it does give it a little shape.

	In this step I cutout my template, or picture of the fiddle that I am using, and have placed it on top of my clay fiddle. I am going to punch holes through the template into the clay to outline where the individual parts of the fiddle go (neck, bridge, etc)

	And here is what my fiddle looks like once the template has been removed.

	I start out by carving out the F-hole in the fiddle.

	Next, I start adding a little clay here and there to the individual parts. In this picture I have started adding clay to the bridge.

	As I stated at the beginning, I’ve added a few of my own embellishments to the fiddle. I want a unique design so I am shooting for something that was a little off the norm. I also baked the sculpture again after I finished sculpting the body. The next step will be to add the neck to the fiddle.