Head

Front view during construction

Back view during construction

Side view during construction

I was a bit nervous about making something as big as this but I am happy with the result so far. I had some photos to use as references but I ended up ignoring them completely and doing what the clay would let me do.
To begin everyone got two large clay slabs to make the basic shape. The slabs I got were quite stiff and began to crack as soon as I tried to bend them into shape. I cut both slabs into rectangles, then scored, slipped and jointed the edges together to form a cylinder shape. I patched up the cracks that had appeared. As one of the slabs of clay was taller than the other I decided it would be the front.

 

Front view with one ear

View from above with one ear

It was quite clear that I would have to keep the cylinder shape exacting as it was. Any movement was causing cracks to appear. I gradually build up the face adding clay to make the nose, chin, eyebrows and other features. I began to work on the eyes and decided that I would punch right through for the pupils. I did the same for the mouth.

 I continued to work on the face, building it up and trying to keep the nose centred. It was suggested that I should add ears to make it more like a head than a face coming out of a tree trunk. The ears were quite tricky to get right. It took a few attempts before I was happy with the results. I tried to get them to match as much as possible.
When I was finished I carried it down to the kiln room. I forgot to photograph it before I brought it down. It hasn't yet gone into the kiln as far as I know.