Alchemist Artist · Sculptural creatures

The Carnivore Project

A bowl is a familiar shape. Give it watching eyes, protruding teeth and an alien presence, and suddenly that familiar object becomes a creature. Carnivore lives in that uneasy space between something you recognize and something you cannot quite name.

I created Carnivore as a mixed media sculpture bowl, bringing together resin, plaster, latex, mica and other materials. Its form invites curiosity, while its eyes and teeth suggest that the curiosity might be mutual.

A bowl with an appetite

10 × 9 × 11 inches · Mixed media sculpture bowl

The bowl gives the sculpture its starting point. Around that recognizable form, the creature takes shape. The title, Carnivore, adds another suggestion: this object might have an appetite of its own.

I enjoy that tension between the ordinary and the strange. You can recognize the vessel while imagining a life beyond it. Is it waiting, watching or preparing to feed? The work leaves room for your own answer.

Eyes that return your gaze

The eyes are central to Carnivore’s personality. They interrupt the surface and give the form a watchful quality. Looking at the sculpture can begin to feel like an encounter with something that is looking back.

That exchange interests me. Eyes encourage us to search for intention, even in an unfamiliar form. The creature becomes a prompt for imagination: what does it notice, and what might it want?

Teeth, texture and mixed media

The protruding teeth bring a more primal energy to the piece. They sharpen the suggestion of hunger and give the sculpture a physical edge. Alongside the eyes, they help turn an abstract form into a creature with a presence.

Resin, plaster, latex and mica allow contrasting surfaces to coexist. Gloss, texture and reflected light give you different details to follow as you look around the work. Its tactile character is part of that invitation to explore.

A creature discovered from different angles

Carnivore asks to be seen from more than one position. A side view, a rear view and a look underneath each reveal another part of its construction. Moving around the sculpture changes the relationship between its features and the bowl beneath them.

For me, that is the pleasure of creating an imagined creature in three dimensions. It can be strange, unsettling and playful at once. Carnivore offers a familiar object with an unfamiliar life, leaving you to decide just how closely you want to approach.