Bird Alabaster - Night Swallow - Smooth Sculpture

Large, slender songbird, handcrafted from Jena alabaster. The velvety surface invites you to touch it intensively - a hand flatterer, a caressing stone -, fits in every hand, & is still easy to hold even as a larger specimen. A sweet companion throughout the home... children also love these animals & cuddle with them. The minimalist forms in the velvety polished alabaster are clearly visible, yet the entire form is best appreciated through close tactile exploration. Even during the working of the stone, there comes a point when the eye alone no longer decides whether the work is finished or not: now the fingers & the whole hand sense where more stone should be removed. in this waythrough graspinga true sculpture emerges, an object in space that can truly be grasped by the human being. Who else said this quote, Ewald Matar, Henry Moore...? Sculpture must be tangible; otherwise it is not one... Take the bird in your hand again & again, touch it - & over time the surface will become more beautiful, smoother, like the spots on stone statues of saints that are repeatedly touched, handled, & stroked as touch relics in order to achieve real, physical contact... very calming & always an experience. Form: Nightjar (Goat Nightjar) Height: 6 cm Width: 5.5 cm Length: 21.5 cm important NOTE: - Jena Alabaster is not suitable for outdoor installation - rainwater attacks the surface & destroys the structure over time. - Protect from heat above 100oC - no heat stone; do not place in or on the kiln: Alabaster sweats out crystal water at high temperatures & transforms into the unslaked state (hydraulic gypsum). Bird Alabaster - Night Swallow - Smooth Sculpture