Created with porcelain clay, this maquette (small study for a larger sculpture) is hand painted with underglaze after bisque firing and then glazed with cone 5 glazes, both clear and with color. The piece was stained with black underglaze after bisque firing and before other colorants were painted on.

I used the press mold I made for my Mini-Blessing Totems for the face, then formed the head and added the headdress. Then the body was formed with clay embossed with simple patterns made from sprig mold I made. The green clay was painted with a colored porcelain slip before bisque firing.

It stands 4 1/2” x 5” x 5”

He looks as though he’s in a reverie after his mystical journey with the Divine. HIs headdress is an outpouring of Nature reaching to the Heavens.