I sculpt animals becasue they are cute. I am also allergic to all pets except roaches. My allergist suggested a giant hissing roach as a pet. I refuse to have a roach as a pet; therefore, my pets are ceramic.
I love sculpting animals that are busy living life. I will spend hours looking for pictures I can take bits and pieces from to make the perfect pose and motion for that particular animal. The orangutan I am sculpting in the picture is a pose i pieced together from 4 or 5 pictures.