Here is the promised SBS on doing the rear of the dolman.
I started by baking a flat piece of sculpey to work on. Add some clay softener to make it easier for the added material to adhere. Add a worm of sculpey to form the basis for the lace decoration.
Flatten the worm with the desired curvature. I have shown the wooden handle of a scribing tool I like to use. Also useful is the metal handle of an exacto knife.
Use a #11 blade to cut the flattened lace to shape. I have added a point at the top and have trimmed the sides.
Add appropriate shapes in sculpey - balls for loops and elongated ovals for the other loops. I have als used a toothpick to add some texture to the lace indicating bunching.
Flatten the shapes - I use a colour shaper in this illustration.
Impress the shapes to simulate loops and elongated ovals. I use an tool that looks like a long tooth pick - not sure where I got that. You can use a blade to simulate cross overs if you wish - I do this with paint.
You can also simulate side piping by scribing. I this case I show a favourite wax sculpting tool of mine.
Note that this is all very rough. This whole sequence took me less than ten minutes including photography. I would go a little slower and be more careful if I was working on a real figure. But this is OK to show the method.
Happy to entertain questions. I will post an SBS on the frontal lacing later.
