A while ago, I had made some pizza for dinner, and as I was washing my pizza stone, one of the scorched pieces of cheese fell on the sink and Kevin asked, “What’s that, a little dragon turd?” And suddenly, I had this vision of a little dragon, sitting up on the top of my cabinets dropping things like cookie crumbles and the occasional turd into my sink. Inspired, I went to the pottery studio and created this little guy…
I named him Fergus. (my autocorrect thinks Ferrous is a better name though…)
Here is the progression from a lump of mud to a ceramic sculpture…
All the minute details are added last. And as you can see, he fits in the palm of my hand.
Finished product. He now keeps me company whilst I’m washing dishes… He’s polite though, no going to the bathroom in my sink. 😉
Recently, I’ve been working on another dragon, and she is actually finished as far as the construction part of things go. I’m just waiting for her to be bisque fired, and then I can move on to the glazing…
The owner of the pottery studio has also succeeded in talking me into bronzing these little dragons. I’ve never ventured into bronze, so I’m a little nervous about it. First I will sculpt a dragon out of wax, and then a mold will be made of it, and then bronze will be poured into the mold. Then it will have to be sand blasted, and color will have to be added to it. So, it’s a lot of work. We’ll see if I like it or not, but for now I’m just giving it a chance.