Female torso 2004 - H:44 W:31 D:18 centimetres
This torso was modelled from clay in a life class. Once the figure had been completed, a
three-part plaster mould was cast from it. The cast was used as a press mould, i.e. slabs
of clay, first thrown onto the ground to create a fissured surface, were pressed into the
three sections of the cast before bringing them together.
A white stoneware clay slip was brushed onto the surface of the clay body and the
piece was then bisqued. A weak suspension of manganese dioxide was brushed onto the
surface and wiped back with a sponge to highlight the texture
before the final firing to 1100 degrees centigrade in oxidation.
The torso is available in a limited edition of 50, each signed and numbered by the artist.