DRAGON ART
Sculptures by C. Maria Plieger
Paper Clay and Soft Sculpture Dragons
Although I'm no longer creating these dragon sculptures, I'm
displaying them here by popular request, for your entertainment
and potential inspiration. (At least, some nice fans of the
dragons have let me know that my sculptures inspired them
to create their own.)
These dazzling dragon sculptures should be seen "in
the flesh" to be fully appreciated. All but the flying
dragon are primarily soft sculpture -- sewn, stuffed
fabric shapes with a wire armature -- with some of the smaller
details sculpted in polymer clay. They have further embellishments
such as tiny sparkling beads, sequins and ultra-fine glitter.
A quilting technique was used to texture their throats and
bellies, and their features were formed mostly by needle-modeling.
The green flying dragon sculpture, which hangs from a wire,
is made of paper clay, cloth maché, and papier maché.
Click on the links below to find out more about the making
of soft sculpture dragons.
2005 Copyright © C.
Maria Plieger