raw clay disks up and around the cured eyeballs to hold them in place. Notice that the reference picture behind the right image shows me how far forward the front of the eyeball should be on the facial plane. Use more raw clay, if necessary, to bring the eyeballs forward to get that plane correct. If the eyeballs are out too far, then CAREFULLY cut away some of the cured clay with the Exacto blade knife from the back of the eyeball. This knife is a razor, so NO bloodletting please! This also illustrates how I used the picture to make the clay tube that will sit inside the head. You want to make sure that the tube is more or less centered so that you have plenty of room to add your clay for sculpting, or in other words, you don’t want that cured tube close to the surface. By the way, the rubber band on the stick is to keep my thumb, and therefore my thumbnail from wandering into the chin, which it will do with abandon if unchecked!!
