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Transformation (Ceramic Lycanthrope)
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Tales of humans shapeshifting into animals, particularly wolves, foxes, coyotes, and similar canid creatures are found in almost all ancient myths across every continent. In some cases the werecreatures are mischievous entities, but in many others they are terrifying beasts that prey on humans. The werewolf, or wolf-man has had many interpretations on film and in art. With this work, I attempted to create a sculpture that depicts the transformation as the viewer rotates the piece. My thanks again to the Ceramic Art Studio and Shop.
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The Birth of Venus
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Venus was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. This is the second in my series of ancient goddesses and captures the moment that Venus emerges from the ocean during her birth from sea foam. I used 8 different glazes for a fully colored piece out of the kiln. My thanks again to the Ceramic Art Studio and Shop.
4 different shades of celadon glazes were used for the water.
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The Birth of Aphrodite
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Aphrodite is one of the most popular Greek goddesses whose origin links to several other mythological female deities from the ancient world, including Astarte, Ishtar, Eos, and Isis. Her Roman counterpart was of course Venus, and both were associated with love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. According to legend, Aphrodite arose from sea-foam as a fully grown adult in all her beauty. (I won't go into the details of where the sea-foam came from...) Classical artists almost invariably depicted her in the nude, and any representation of Aphrodite can be generally interpreted as the female ideal of that era (or at least from the artist's perspective). This work is the first of a set of three Aphrodite/Venus/Isis pieces I began sculpting during a record heat wave which is kind of appropriate since nothing can make the temperature rise as the raw beauty of the female form. My thanks again to the Ceramic Art Studio and Shop.
Unfortunately a stress crack formed down the center during glaze firing. She also acquired a couple of beauty marks on her left hip and side of breast from glaze bubbles.
Moonlight shot
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The Dark Knight
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I think every boy (including yours truly) has doodled a sketch of Batman at some point in his lifetime. And while many artists and writers have contributed to Bob Kane and Bill Finger's 1939 detective/superhero creation, my personal favorites are Frank Miller ("The Dark Knight Returns") and David Mazzucchelli ("Batman: Year One"). There is also another significant contributor who often goes missing in the list of notable Batman artists, and that person is Bob Ringwood, the costume designer for Tim Burton's Batman in 1989. I believe Ringwood was the first one to design the iconic cowl as a sculptural headpiece with an animalistic, dramatic effect giving it a charismatic screen presence of its own. The rest of Ringwood's costume had some hits and misses in my opinion, but the sculpted cowl with the expressive brow has reappeared in every cinematic incarnation of the hero since. This ceramic sculpture is my tribute to the legendary Dark Knight with a respectful nod to Ringwood's cowl, Mazzucchelli and Miller's military style utility belt, and to the original chest insignia (sans the yellow oval) that Bob Kane depicted on the Caped Crusader in his first appearance in "Detective Comics #27." My thanks again to the Ceramic Art Studio and Shop.
Wet clay model
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