Dog Sculpture, Pet Portraits, Sculpted In Clay
Pets realistically sculpted in white clay from photos you provide. These are approximately 9" high or long. They are all hand-painted with ceramic underglaze paints and clear gloss glaze. Some additional details are painted with overglazes. All colors/glazes are fired in a kiln. The highest firing is about 1960F. The lowest is for the overglazes at about 1400F. The corgi is 9"x 5.5"x 3.25". This would be $260. The blue tick hound would be $500 because of the quilt and more complex painting. The border collie, 9"h x 7.25"x 5.25" would be $360. I will post progress shots throughout the wet clay stage so you can let me know if I've missed something. I will post photos throughout the glazing process so you can follow the progress.
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Custom hand-sculpted portraits of people and/or pets in porcelain or white clay. They can be fully 3-dimensional figures or scenes in relief.
Working from your photos I can do realistic portraits of dogs, cats, or you. I make each piece by hand. Smaller figures are sculpted in high-fired porcelain, whereas larger pieces are sculpted in low-fired white clay. Each piece goes through 3 firings. All the colors are durable fired glazes (2380F) or overglazes (1300F) .
I welcome your inquiries.
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Nancy Adelman
For Salt and pepper5.0Laura was awesome to work with! Can’t wait to see the finished product!!! The photos look great! Thank you!!!
LHLisa Haymaker
For Small Dog Or Cat Urn5.0It's lovely, thank you!!
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Lisa Haymaker
For Pet Mugs5.0We love it, thank you!
RSRuby Smith-White
For Sculpted Portraits Of People And Dogs: Part 25.0I'm very happy with the final project and very impressed with Laua'a artistry. She is a professional, very customer oriented, and she takes pride in her work which was an indication to me, no need to worry. Of course I will work with Laura Wilenskt again and have already referred others to her!
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Cheryl Carter
For Cheryl's Wedding & Special Occasion5.0This artist has been wonderful to work with. My project was a ceramic replica of my closest and dearest friend, my dog Jack. She did the entire piece from pictures! She was very careful to ask me questions along the way to make sure the likeness was right. I am just so impressed with this artist. I have a feeling her work will be priceless at some point in her career... the likeness of my Jack is already priceless to me. There are many great artists at Custommade, but Laura is exceptionally gifted. I just couldn't be happier with the entire process!
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Kim Giery
For Alphabet & Name Tiles5.0Tiles were delivered quickly and they are just beautiful. It was a pleasure working with Laura.
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David Burritt
For Sculpted Portraits Of People And Dogs5.0It was a pleasure working with Laura... highest quality in all aspects. We are delighted with her creation and we eagerly await Mother's Day because we know it will be such a special gift.
JSJonathan Schneider
For Jonathan's Custom Ring Holder for Wedding Rings5.0Laura is a great person to work with. She did exactly what I wanted and custom made my product exactly with what I asked for while also helping me design it. Communication was great and everything was in my budget. I highly recommend the products and business to anyone. Thank you so much! I will definitely be reaching out to you again.
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