Spike!

Spike is great. He's about45cm long. You can see his resemblance to Gordon the Sea slug (from two posts earlier). But Spike is just that little bit more edgy than Gordon. I wanted to contrast his colours with that of Gordon, so Spike went for the pale green interior, speckled with black dots. His exterior skin, beautifully textured, is highlighted by the red-brown transparent glaze. The spikes are quite sharp and fragile but easily support his weight.

I love creating these sculptures that have no obvious glaze-free footing. It's challenging of thinking how to apply glazes.