Dragonslayer
If I had to pick one piece of artwork that gave me the passion for sculpting warrior angels then I would have to give most of the credit to my Armageddon: Call to War sculpture. However, my Dragonslayer sculpture (image to the left) is the one that inspired me to sculpt a muscular angel in the first place.
The Dragonslayer piece is a sculpture of the archangel Michael. The artwork is based on Revelations 12:7-9
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down?that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
I started the Dragonslayer sculpture with about four to six weeks of sculpting experience. At that time I used a water base clay for this project which is a challenge in itself. Since then I have discovered polymer clay which gives more a lot more freedom while sculpting and allows me the ability to create a lot more detail in my artwork.
Although the sculpture is technically flawed, it was a good early piece and a great learning experience for me. I’m a self-taught sculpture and I learned more in the month it took sculpting this piece then I would have ever imagined. The Dragonslayer was hard and a great challenge but still inspires me today to do my best at creating unique and very detailed works of art.
