Glazing Animal Sculptures -Brian Hollingworthj

Two peices of sculpture ready for glazing and finishing. They have dried and then been fired in my electric kiln. I fire this to 1030C - quite HOT ! The clay changes in the firing into a hard material that is still absorbant. Glazes and stains are applied; all by hand with great care. Everything in ceramics takes time !

I have posted more pictures of the process on Facebook

Commission of your own dog - Wire Haired Pointer Dog

 

 

Really enjoyed making this dog commisson. I hadn't made a dog like this before so it was a challenge. Lovely dog with character. Client found the web site and got in touch with me. The top pictures shows it half way through the making. Middle picture is it completed but ready for drying before it can be fired in the kiln. And the last picture? That's me working on the dog getting the form right. The flow and fall of the fur made it really interesting. I have posted more pictures on Facebook -Hollingworth Animal Sculpture. Or worth looking at one of my web sites.

www.animal-sculpture.co.uk

www.hollingworth-bronze-sculpture.co.uk

 

 

Polar Bear Cubs Sculpture in Marble Resin for Sale

Polar Bear Cubs

I have just finished these Polar Bear Cubs. They began as a clay model and have beeen moulded and cast in white marble resin. This is something new for me and I wanted to experiment with a small sculpture to test the idea out. I think they are very tactile and have a lot of charm. Its got my creative ideas going - could prehaps do a series of these small studies of young aminals. What do you think?