Holding Nature - For spring semester we had an assignment to make a life size proportional hand. I had used my left hand for the reference :)
For a little twist, with Sonal' s suggestion; added a small bird residing on top two fingers. (Simply of the hand, since just hand alone was looking incomplete). A small bush and a flower at the bottom of the hand gave a balance to the structure - A hand holding a nature
Medium - Clay, Glazed
Dimensions - Height - ~ 18"
The Process - For those who are interested, following are the glimpse of the making of this structure
1. Green ware -
The clay was wet at this stage. A Bird, a bush and a flower were added later on (unfortunately did not take pictures of those stages)
Once the structure was completely dry; it went under a brisk fire, and that made it ready for glazing.
3. Before Final Fire -
White color was a coat of a clear glaze - on the top of blends of different glazes. The piece was finally ready to get glaze fired. The fire causes the magic - a chemical reaction, which transforms dull looking glaze powder in to colorful and shiny coat.
4. After fire - a final product!
