Spring - Sculpture by Sarah Myers

Spring, Sarah Myers
Sculpture in red earthenware, life-scale

   Here is the Spring, smiling, with wreaths of lavish flowers in her hair...  Nestled in the blooms, small faces look up, just awakened or still half asleep.

   This sculpture is in fired red earthenware and is large life-scale.  It was created rapidly, during about four days' worth of sculpting, to avoid damage from drying; it is hollow-built.  The material is a new earthenware clay of splendid texture and tint; I worked it up it from a formula designed by Amy Myers.

    The style is essentially "New Baroque", used to express exhilaration and joy in the new world of spring.  Search carefully for the small faces of the flowers!

Spring, Sarah Myers

Detail, Spring, Face of a Flower
Sarah Myers

Spring, Sarah Myers

Spring, Detail, Face of a Flower
Sarah Myers

Spring, Detail, Hibiscus
Sarah Myers

Spring, Detail, Face of a Flower
Sarah Myers

Spring, Sarah Myers
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Spring, Detail, Face of a Flower-bud
Sarah Myers

Spring, Sarah Myers
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A Red Primrose

Bright Red Primrose, Photograph   S. Myers

   Portrait of a primrose, bought cheaply - but could you imagine a happier face for a flower?
   An Expert Gardener here tells me primroses are considered cold-weather annuals here, due to the warm season's dry and heat.  I have placed my pot in the shade where I intend to plant the flower - I am drenching it from time to time with water and for now the weather remains a cool gray.  The primrose smiles at the sky and blooms.