Nick the Potter
02 / Making story

The Viking

He sits on a rock with his arms resting on his knees. The helmet and the horns came early, but the eyes were the last thing I touched — a brush width at a time.

The finished The Viking sculpture isolated against the page.

Modelled earthenware

The Viking

A horned helmet, a long beard and a face that took the longest of all. Twenty build photographs are in, with more stages still to come.

01—65The complete build

Part 01

The rock

the base he grows out of

The base comes first: a rough, hollowed rock with enough weight to carry a seated figure and enough texture to look weathered.

The torso begins: textured garment and fur shoulders on the bench.01

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