FLEDGLING

BRONZE FEATHERS BECOME A FLEDGLING FACE 

Many weeks of obsessively collecting feathers from the woods ... followed by painting wax on so many which could not be used. Feathers are fairly tricky to take wax impressions from ... but the wait was worthwhile. 

I never know what is going to emerge from the bronze casting ... so to find these paper thin feathers describing an angelic baby, which I had modelled a while back ... was very rewarding. 

This little creature is sweet ... but also a curious, slightly disturbing image.