FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE

In the 1970s when I was making my porcelain buttons and cabinet knobs, I sculpted little improvised porcelain figures that brought me great personal pleasure. In the 1990s, a painting and drawing on clay workshop at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts led me to a body of work in working with slabs of bisque fired clay. I began building up the details of the face with clay in the very last piece I made in that series, and created many pieces large and small that were set into wood boxes that are painted with acrylic paint along with the ceramic face. A few of those pieces are available in my paintings section here.

In 2018, I took a narrative sculpture class at Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, which has brought me to my present day 3 dimensional figurative sculpture work. Working in three dimensions (beyond buttons and knobs) is a wonderful challenge. New work will be uploaded as it is completed. And you can view more of my pieces in my Blessing Totems and Petite-Blessing Totems pages.

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Little Jester King

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Little Jester King

$250.00

The Little Jester King is hand made with porcelain clay and is a maquette (small study for a larger sculpture) that’s hand painted with underglaze after bisque firing and then glazed with cone 5 glazes, both clear and colored. The piece was stained with black underglaze after bisque firing and before other colorants were painted on. All of the face details were hand painted after bisque firing. Colored slip was used on the cape.

I used the press mold I made for my Mini-Blessing Totems for the face, then formed the head and added the jester’s crown, cape, and little oval feet to lift it up to match it’s uplifted gaze.

The cape and neck were formed with clay embossed with decorative patterns. He is a mighty little benign ruler that has a joyful disposition.

He stands 7” tall to the tip of his crown, by 4 ¾” wide, and 5 ½ in length.

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