For this piece I chose to work in a black clay which I'd never used before - whilst wet it is a rich purple brown shade. I only had two weeks working from the model so used photos to finish the hands and feet, I think this shows sadly as they're not very good!
Sam's head was too wide so I cut off the face and removed a section, then reattached.
Then I hollowed out the piece, creating a channel for hot air in the kiln to rise up.
His right hand broke off in the kiln, because it was a weak point on its own, supporting the rest of the figure.
I applied three coats of linseed oil to darken the fired piece, and temper some of the dryness.
UPDATE: He looks better without his head.
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