Sculpture

Name Bastet
Material Black Marble with White Streaks
Block Pre-Historic River Pebble
Origin Yatagan, Turkey
Entity Inception Date 2007 September

03 Bastet

This is my only sculpture that is a copy of another sculpture. Well not entirely a copy but based on several actual stone representations of the ancient Egyptian goddess 'Bastet'.

The black marble pebble is streaked with attractive light grey marble. The black marble has a strange, almost 'oily' quality while being worked, while the grey streaks cause small sparks when touched by the grinding wheel, I've no idea what type of marble the grey streaks might be.

Most of the modeling for 'Bastet' was done by our cat Casper, featured in the pictures below:

As of August 2009 this piece is still unfinished, I am still waiting for inspiration to complete the face details. When finally complete the collar and pendant will be spray painted shiny gold.

In ancient Greek and Egyptian times it was normal for most stone sculptures to be painted. I prefer the natural marble to be left unpainted, but in the case of Bastet I will make an exception for her collar in order to complete theme of Ancient Egypt.

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