Yellow Leather Sculpture

Having kept marine aquariums and live corals for over 12 years, I developed a deep appreciation for the beauty of sea life, especially the almost alien shapes and fantastic colors in many animals. These colors and shapes have trickled down into my artwork, which I hope the viewers will appreciate. This small sculpture is in the rough shape of a leather coral (Sarcophyton) which has a very undulating shape, but I took the undulations at step further with very delicate edges like flower petals, which is appropriate considering corals are "Anthozoans" (Greek for "flower animals"). I created it from a rolled out disc (drawing on making chapatis with my mother) that I then folded like a cone and crushed at the bottom for structural support.