"My name is" Sculpture

This piece is part of a series of 24 small sculptures that I am in the middle of making. They are made strictly from materials that I had/ have at hand. Relying on my ability to produce a viable sculpture from materials immediately available was part of the project. They are a blend of wood, metal, textiles, paper clay, leather, nails and string. All of these materials were upcycled from old furniture, old shoes, clay dug up from an ancient lake bed that surrounds my house, nails recovered from old timbers that I have upcycled and textiles that I have collected over the years. The torso is made of 300 year old Tull (Nordic pine) appropriated -with permission-from a neighbour's property. The stand is laminated oak. The head is paper clay. The arms and legs are made from Elm.