Currently I am making the center figure to be among two smaller wood figures coming from the base. His arms will be made of wood. My project was inspired by the shape of fire, and I'm hoping to capture that in the movement of the arms of the three figures. They are supposed to be moving individually, but also as one syncronized form.
















This image is from later in the project, before the last step of smoothing out, and without the wood element. It seems to be coming together fairly well, although I could have thinned out the sculpture slightly more, I was just too afraid of shattering any piece of it.

Final Product: 

Completely sanded, with micro-sandpaper to have smooth texture.

Wood included, carved using first ribbon, then a large handheld wood shearer, followed by the belt sander, the sander drill attachment (large table mounted sander), then a small handheld dremmel, and finally a few sets of increasing grade hand sanding.