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Christ Figure
Christ Figure
| Medium: | Soapstone |
|---|---|
| Colour: | Grey and White |
| Dimensions: | 28cm x 28cm x 10cm |
| Date Completed: | August 2006 |
| Display: | Indoors |
| Genres: | Spiritual, Faith, Abstract, Figurative, Emotive |
This is second piece I carved after beginning to sculpt in stone. I could clearly see a head on a torso with arms stretched to the sides and an open mouth and knew it had to be a crucified Christ. The nose was already broken and the eye already black. As I carved the teeth some were knocked out, as it could have been with Jesus after his flogging. In the torso is a black ring corresponding to where a spear was put into his side in order to check he was actually dead (looking for the separation of blood and plasma). I found some barbed wire on a walk and made this into a crown of thorns. This, unlike regular crucifixes, shows the agony of the cross.
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