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As far as the fodder for this "portrait" goes, this little lady is a frequently referred to subject of mine, and is a triumphantly posed, and ubiquitously blindfolded, Astraea, the goddess of Justice, winged and holding a waist high two-handed sword in front of her contrapuntal frame.
To be totally honest this specific project was fraught with problems from the start, as the clay I used was quite old and was in need of hydrating, and constant re-hydrating, throughout the process.
The result of this was that a bevy of was difficulties plagued the crafting of this statuette, including frequent breakage (thank goodness for toothpicks and gorilla glue!), and a lack of suppleness, which of course impeded as preferred level of detailing. Hence why she is not as delicately feminine as I usually choose to render her.
Regardless, I think it came out, uh, okay, for a piece that was so difficult to force into being.
Till next time.
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