Savant

 

Clay with surface colour  approx 11" high

Made with air dry clay (Hobbycraft own brand) and coloured with acrylic. These little figurines are built around a wire and silver foil armature fixed to a wooden block. The Hobbycraft clay does not shrink much but I have deliberately allowed cracks to develop as I wanted to end up with a more distressed and weathered appearance.  Antony Gormley called clay the "flesh of the earth" plus I have been looking at programmes about ancient fossils and also looking at 14th century sacred statues.