Here I will show you using “Hermanutus”, the step by step process of making a three dimensional ceramic sculpture.
This is “Hermanutus” or wise one. I used homemade stoneware clay with paper and nylon in it for support. Hermanutus is hollow and measures, 36 X 22inchesStarting to form the head on a small armature in the studio, at this point i am just studying a head with little thought of what the end result might be.I have decided to use an abstract form of the Mantua Skirt, a motif very familiar in my work. I decide to mount the head and now birds are appearing.A hand has appeared and the face has changed completely. Now face is arrogant and looking up.Three birds a hairdo and an egg have appeared. I feel that the form is almost arrived.yep, here she is. Almost ready to dress with slips, engobes and underglazes.Hermanutes ready to be bisque fired. The colors are actually minerals mixed with clay and a few other things.Finished with a lead crackle at cone 1