Nanny dogs

Recently I've been working on a couple of Staffordshire Bull Terriers. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while, readers of Ludo's blog who've been with me since the start of this artistic journey may remember my first attempt at a dog sculpture. It was loosely a staffie. Very loosely. I think I'm getting to achieve the type of realism I was after, so I gave it another go.

Oliver is based on my sister's Staffie Noah, in particular this picture. (sorry about the sideways, I'm lazy!)

Oliver is my first 'anatomically correct' dog. He is furred with mohair and alpaca and has little individual claws made from wire and painted. He is going on ebay soon. Here's some more pics.

I had trouble with Oliver's sculpt, well self-inflicted trouble. I decided he was too tall and chopped him in half, but all good now. I also made a puppy. The bf chose to call him Wayne. He came out a bit bigger than I intended and was hard to photograph!! No idea what age he is! He is up on my Artfire store. They are both on my website too.

Staffie's get such a bad rap over here. Unfortunately a lot of 'bad types' of people have claimed them as a status dog and train them to be menacing. Like pitbulls we all know they are pure evil!! But Staffies and I suspect pitties, but they are banned here, left to their own devices are big wimps, and are known as a Nanny dog. I wanted to use this post to highlight that so I perused the internet for suitable photos. I hope none of the sources mind!


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