A brief diversion
Feb. 12th, 2023 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrIt was at choir practice at the Newman Center, sometime between Christmas and Epiphany. One of my fellow singers, admiring our nativity set, asked if I'd consider making a statue of Mary; she'd like it for her house.
Now Cheryl (pronounced the French way, accent on second syllable) is from Gabon, Central Africa, so I asked, Could it be an African Madonna? Such a big smile she gave me...
So I rolled out some slabs Saturday night to firm up, plastic-covered them Sunday, and took a day off from the wheel Monday to make a sculpture.
It felt good to be sculpting again, and at this scale--she's not much more than a foot high--I could work light, with thin slabs, and complete the whole piece in only a day.
Now Cheryl (pronounced the French way, accent on second syllable) is from Gabon, Central Africa, so I asked, Could it be an African Madonna? Such a big smile she gave me...
So I rolled out some slabs Saturday night to firm up, plastic-covered them Sunday, and took a day off from the wheel Monday to make a sculpture.
It felt good to be sculpting again, and at this scale--she's not much more than a foot high--I could work light, with thin slabs, and complete the whole piece in only a day.