New Sculpture: The Goddess Fragment Series

From my new goddess fragment series, this piece is finished as of today. Mounted on steel rod in spalted-wood maple base, the clay figure is finished with multiple layers of acrylic washes, then paste wax. Rusted wire detail on back. Next goal is to build these larger, as I teach myself more. One thing that I will work on is making copies of pieces: my first attempt with a silicone mold support technique failed...the mold process is extremely complicated for my simple mind! There must be an easier way. Like life, it's often a rocky road. Learning, failing, and trying again is all part of the journey. To make self feel better, I did smash the failed experiment with a hammer--after I'd spent untold time chiseling it off the silicone encasing the original sculpture beneath!

**This piece won First Place, Tryon Painters & Sculptors Member Show, Peoples' Choice, Sculpture Category. Thanks to all who voted for her!

New Sculpture

This is a new sculpture, fired clay with barbed wire and found wire, acrylic washes, paste wax finish. She'll be mounted on metal post to antique wood pedestal. This figure was loosely built by the Bruno Lucchesi coil method. Ever symbolic, the rusted barbed wire wings symbolize flight, spiritual growth, a sense of yearning. As ever, I find pure magic in the metaphysical.

"Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up." ~Pearl Buck