At peace

At peace – Blue lias 2014 (NOT AVAILABLE)

I worked on this piece for almost a month rushing as mad until the last day. The reason was this head was for a wedding gift for one of my dearest friends back in Italy. Inspiration came to me one night when I thought I needed a head that represented something peaceful and quite. A maiden’s face while asleep surrounded by an angel wing. This was carved on blue lias, a soapy stone from South Western England. This represents also my first attempt at carving a feminine face, much more challenging than masculine ones.