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Here is my first sculpture for this semester's ceramic class: my finished Kodama!

Prompt: Using four wheel-thrown cylinders, create a sculpture. (I used six so the roots would be easier to make).

In Japanese folklore, a kodama is a spirit that is believed to live in trees (just like the Greek Dryad). It is bad luck to cut down trees with a Kodama and these trees are marked with a shimenawa rope (and in this case the rope is being used by a tire swing).

I'm happy with the outcome. Enjoy.

Stoneware, cone 6 matt beige glaze, cone 05 matt glaze ("elephant hide"), paperclay, dental stone, acrylic paints, matte acrylic sealer, three types of tumbleweed, two types of ground cover, three types of moss, fake ivy leaves, and a nest.

*Aztec High Fire Mender, Paperclay, and Slip

For the full view of sculpture:
[link]

Description
Here is my first sculpture for this semester's ceramic class: my finished Kodama!

Prompt: Using four wheel-thrown cylinders, create a sculpture. (I used six so the roots would be easier to make).

In Japanese folklore, a kodama is a spirit that is believed to live in trees (just like the Greek Dryad). It is bad luck to cut down trees with a Kodama and these trees are marked with a shimenawa rope (and in this case the rope is being used by a tire swing).

I'm happy with the outcome. Enjoy.

Stoneware, cone 6 matt beige glaze, cone 05 matt glaze ("elephant hide"), paperclay, dental stone, acrylic paints, matte acrylic sealer, three types of tumbleweed, two types of ground cover, three types of moss, fake ivy leaves, and a nest.

*Aztec High Fire Mender, Paperclay, and Slip

For the full view of sculpture:
[link]