Dragon

with swirling wings.

This is the second of the January 2006 boro animal sculptures, and the most successful so far---I just love the way the wings swirl and flutter. The wizard liked it too, and it's gone off to work with him, so I don't have measurements, but it's roughly the same size as the wyvern.

borosilicate dragon, jan 2006.

Of course, the tail is rather clunky. But the proportions aren't too awful, and I actually `pulled out' one of the forelegs---this is where you glob up the glass in a certain (usually somewhat lumpy) way, heat it, then pull, magically getting the shape you want, say a calf muscle in a lower leg, by manipulating the initial shape and heat base (cold glass is stiffer). It's tricky, because you have to visualize where the glass will go, but it's a popular method amongst sculptural lampworkers. Lucio Bubacco, said to be the most gifted sculptural lampworker in the world, is a master at it.

Other side, for completeness. Weird the way the angle can totally change the look of a thing. It's almost indecipherable---so much for my composition skills...

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