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Working on the posture of the little tugowar guys. They’re only 1.5″ long or so. Tiny!

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Roughing out a sequel to my piece “hide and seek”, as a commission. They’re playing tug-a-war!

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Roughing out a new set of beasts: fat martial sheep beast, beast under a leaf, shaggy beast in a high wind.


Number four is a weird round beast holding his tail. It will be fun to watch these guys develop as I work on them.

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Decided I had to fix a lot on this piece after finally turning it vertical. Feel better about it now.


I’d waited until the piece was nearly complete, with the heads firmly attached, to hang it vertically. I didn’t like the result at all! They were far too static. I took a gamble and sliced them off, doing far more adjustment than I normally do at this stage. I’m already feeling better about the piece, though it’s alarming to hold all the unattached parts up to make sure it’s working

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Finally finished with my coral beast, until the wood firing


The black drips are a departure for me, but I very strongly feel like it’s the right thing. It’s nerve racking and invigorating to go out on a limb like this. The image of the bold drips had been floating around in my head for a while.

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