Hold Me in Comfort - Hand Clayed in 30" x 40" Shadow Box

The poetry was written a long time ago, but the artwork came years later, as digital art - you can find the feeling behind the poem in the original digital artwork here.

I love doing digital art as I feel it’s the fastest and sometimes the most accurate way for me to get out the art that’s in my head.

But for this piece, a couple of years after creating the digital art, I decided to do something different - not to paint it, but to personally mold the figure and each letter and punctuation in clay with my hands.

I thought it was going to be easy, but I was wrong - attaching 2 to 3 curved pieces of one letter, making sure I followed my font-style, and that each letter was the same height, or as close as I can get, proved to be much more difficult than I expected.

The figure was a challenge too, trying to get the dimensions/ratios of the curves correct and attaching them before the clay would start becoming less pliable.

I’m glad I took on this project as it gave me the confidence to know I can do it, and will continue to use this medium for future artworks, molding art and poetry.

I know it’ll be difficult, but now I know I can accomplish it.

See video below to get a better look.

When was the last time you took on a task you were unsure you could accomplish?

What did you learn about yourself during and/or after the process, whether the task was completed or not?

Go to this blog post here and share in the comments, or if you want to keep it private, just self-reflect on these questions and write down what comes to you.

• Figure and letters hand clayed with foam modeling clay.

• 30" x 40" Black Shadow Box.

• Black finish exterior

• Black velour backing

• 30" x 40" opening

• 2" working depth

• Easy back loading

• Includes hanging hardware