Clay Sculpture Technical Details

I hand build clay sculptures of weird animals and (weirder) people.  Each sculpture is bisque fired to cone 08 (1728°F) and then glazed at cone 5/6 (2232°F) in an electric kiln.  

Raku sculptures have been bisque fired to cone 08 and raku fired to cone 06 (1828°F).

• All faces start as a cylinder and get created from the bottom up.    
• Turtles usually have human hands and feet.  
• Kangaroos usually have a cat joey.
• How to tell the difference between a snake and an earthworm:  
•       Earthworms have 2 nostrils; 
•       Snakes have a mouth or eyes and sometimes both.
• Some birds have dinosaur spines, some have scaly feathers and some have ridiculously long beaks.
• This sculpture has snakes for hair, earthworm moustache, snakes in his ears, ladybugs in his eyes and a bird for a nose!