Artist Inspired

This piece was inspired by Ted Vogel's many sculptures of birds, specifically birds like ravens and crows, as well as his tendency to have his sculptures eerie with rough forms.

I tried to follow that by adding rough texture to the rock underneath the bird, as well as a darker undertone with the skull in the cave. I chose to add a skull because not only did it add a level of creepiness, but it also added contrast to draw the viewer's eyes all around the sculpture.

This sculpture is my favorite one I've done in this class so far. I love how the bird turned out as well as the skull. I was worried about the skull because I kept getting the glaze from the cave on the skull, but luckily it ended up looking great.