Sculpting
At Varner Studios, Sculpting is a serious business that they have been doing for years. Steve Varner finds that traditional sculpting and mold-making skills are of the utmost importance in their Company. They do utilize top of the like computer sculpting tools, and 3D scanning technologies, but they truly love the art! When I was visiting the studio I was lucky enough to try out one of the computer sculpting programs. It was amazing. It felt like you were actually working on something dimensional. As you pushed in with a pen-like tool, you could feel the shapes and the curves of what was being worked on. You could also change the shape, actually sculpt it!
Even with the high tech sculpting tools they have, in the studio they do feel that nothing quite gets the detail like a skillful human eye. Much of what they do is hand sculpted, or the finishing touches are done by hand, to achieve the most eye appealing product.
