Here be Dragons Pendulum Clock, Ceramic

'Here be Dragons' Ceramic Dragon Pendulum clock

Defending their castle, these dragons take it in turns to guard the front door wearing the appropriate armour which was carefully picked off an unfortunate knight that once tried to get in and claim this place for his own. He was the last one that attempted this kind of ridiculous caper! I have heard them chatting and from what I can gather their names are Bert, Rupert, Garth and Andy. Bert is currently on guard.
Complete with a flying dragon swinging pendulum this clock is completely hand made from scratch.

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►The clock has gold hands and a quartz movement that takes 1 x AA battery (not included) and is ready to hang.
►Sculpted from ceramic stoneware and fired above 1200 degrees
►Dimensions approx - 16 inches tall including pendulum, 11 inches without. Width - 7 inches at widest point of roof, depth - 4 inches from wall.

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MY PROCESS

I hand sculpt all of my pieces from ceramic stoneware clay. Either via coiling or slab building techniques.
Each piece is then dried until leather hard and the clay can be worked on and details added. Further controlled drying takes place to ensure a piece doesn't crack and all the moisture has evaporated.
A first 6 hour kiln firing takes place up to 1000 degrees C then cooled down so decoration such as oxides, underglazes and glazes can be added. A second firing over 8 hours is then done up to 1220 degrees C and finally once cooled I finish many of my pieces by hand painting a cold finish such as acrylics and lustre.

Each piece is carefully constructed and decorated making each one completely unique to you!

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