Baby Mandrake

Baby Mandrake original ceramic sculpture

I was in a bit of a mood and I wanted to make something…. UGLY! Or at least ugly-lovely, the way newborn babies, pugs, and the bark of really old oak trees are.

Have you ever read @iriscompiet’s Faeries of the Faultlines? It’s a captivating book. Written and illustrated in style of a bestiary, and coming across it as an adult it took me back to childhood- the days of discovering Labyrinth, the Neverending Story, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. The painting of the mandrake captivated me and this fella came together in my hands.

Well, he’s pretty chill and just likes to hang out with the pot plants, no shrieking yet. I have a feeling he likes being uprooted and able to see the world?