Mother and child

Alabaster stone with bronze.

This is about nine inches tall and six by three inches wide.

Our sculpture class assignment was to make a container using mixed media but bronze was required to be included. We were asked to make a container depicting something special to us. There is nothing more special to me than my son. As I thought about that, it came to me that the "container" of life is a woman's womb.

The "child" is removable but I have attached him with velcro so he won't fall out in an earthquake and scratch the furniture. Many people try to remove him. Does it look like an interactive sculpture? I hope not.

This is the first time I worked with stone. This stone is really beautiful. It has brown, beige and yellow swirls. The colors pick up the gold tone in the polished bronze.