The second maquette was in the St Thomas clay but ended up using Ashrar Hanna, Super White Raku Body PF520 which was good to handle for modelling and contained the right amount of grog for the piece.

Work on final piece, ready for bisque firing in mid December. Work to be continued with a semi transparent glaze, hopefully before our second module starts.

The small outcrop of rock in the foreground is the inspiration for the Garden Sculpture Project.

Technically I have worked backwards with the process of developing this sculpture - How and where would it be displayed; the physical restrictions with scale, type of clay to work with, and most daunting the texture and glazing skills which are still eluding me.

I hope with your support of the group I can find my artistic voice and technical knowledge to complete this work.