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• This intricately-detailed hand-built piece is crafted of stoneware clay cone 6.
• The camel is sculpted. The base is wheel thrown.
• The work is hand-painted with underglazes.
• The camel is mounted atop a truncated conical base sized so as to be accommodated on a board-game square.
• Construction sequence:
     Fired first to cone 06.
     Underglazes applied by hand.
     Refired to cone 6.
     Overglazed with gold enamel.
• Size: 4.0" x 3.0" x 1.6".
• Date: 2008.
• Exhibited at Form and Grace and Whimsy, Small Group Show, Seen Gallery, Decatur, GA.
• Available for purchase individually (Price $50) or as a full 32-piece hand-carved ceramic chess game set (Price $1,500).

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CREATIVE PROCESS   

• Lost Game Piece is the prototype of a chess game set made of individually-designed and sculpted ceramic pieces.
• The work is composed of an animal form, a camel, decked out in an appropriate manner with carefully crafted and embellished details, here is full riding regalia.
• The piece is mounted on a wheel-thrown conical base.
• Shown here is the work in its early stages. First, it is being sculpted. Then underglazes are applied prior to kiln firing.

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• Cold finishes are applied to complete the work.

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