#unicorn sculpture

[ceramicorn]

[customcreatures]

And the seasons they go round and round/ and the painted ponies go up and down

[faolrougelune]

Hands down the most challenging figure I did this Christmas, but my favorite too !

[xgoth-mothx]

- Unicorn Dragon -

[zxomon]

It's not finished yet, but here's one of my first attempts at oil painting on stoneware clay. The clay has been fired first at around 900 degrees, then sanded, clay painted and glazed (at the base only), then fired again at around 1300 degrees I think (aka damn hot) and now I've started painting it.

As I said, not finished yet. I haven't painted the other side of it and I need to add to this side as well. But oil paint has that nice shimmer to it that is hard to get on camera, so in real life the coat already looks pretty nice simply because of characteristics of oil paint itself. I hope this works. I'll probably varnish it in some way once I feel good enough about the paint job.

To be continued...

(Also, this sculpture has a little secret. I'll show it once I'm finished painting it.)

Oil paint on stoneware clay, yes/no?

I've just started playing around with sculpture using stoneware clay. It's really fun, I'm loving it. And sure, glazing can look real good, and there are clay paints that can be used to pait and draw on it. And special wax crayons. There are alternatives.

However.

I really like oil paint. Because of how you can build up layer upon layer, and all the nuances and just how easy it is to work with. So now I wonder if I could use oil paint on stoneware clay.

Notes: This would not be on bowls and stuff that would be used. Only on sculptures that are to be seen but not touched. It also would not be covered with glaze, or in any way combined with anything else. Once I paint on the sculpture with oil paint - no more kiln. (Other parts of the sculpture could have glaze though, just not in combination with oil) The clay would be properly fired, and I don't mean I'd paint on glaze. Although, maybe matte glaze could work. I'd have to try.

So, sculptors and clayshapers of tumblr, do you think it would work? Have you tried? Did it stick properly? Did the clay suck up all oil and the pigments started dusting off? Any experience and thoughts are welcome. :>

[pansylair]

❣️Feral Unicorn❣️

cone 5.5 ceramic stoneware, nichrome wire, chain, textile

(had so much fun with this piece ^^)

[homemadehorrors]

First new sculpt of the year!

We figured everyone could use the ewenicorn's calm, pleasant energy going into the hellstorm that is 2025.

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Innocence, sculpture by Janine Haq

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[horsefigureoftheday]

The unfortunate thing about otherheartedness is that it can make you weirdly possessive and nitpicky about your hearttype.

I can not appreciate 99% of unicorn figurines as genuine representations of a unicorn. They're just strange horses to me. You can't capture the unicorn in art in a satisfactory way.

I can't even watch The Last Unicorn, because it's trying to say something about unicorns that I don't 110% agree with, and worst of all it didn't consult me before going ahead with it. Sure, I wasn't born yet when the book was written or the film was created, but that's no excuse.

The unicorn is in my heart. Only I can capture the unicorn.

It's ridiculous.

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

Freyr, the unicorn!

I had originally considered a mane instead of a crest but I really like the crest. I love his blue hooves, and his little tail and his lovely horn ✨

[love4bug]

'Licorne de Février' by Lionel Sabatté

[customcreatures]

Fantasy Carousel Compilation

[thefoilguy]

Unicorn in Captivity from The Unicorn Tapestries - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

[sennamaticart]

Another year of art! Here's my end-of-the-year summary!

[disease]

"THE UNICORN" SALVADOR DALÍ // 1977 [bronze lost wax process | 22 2/5 × 13 1/5 × 18 9/10"]

"The unicorn is a mythical creature prominent in legends as an intricately linked symbol of purity. The horn of a unicorn is believed capable of neutralizing any poison. This animal also has connotations of chastity and virginity, both male and female, and was adopted as the sign or ideal representation of the 'perfect' knight. In some legends it was also a symbol of virility. Dalí chose to portray the unicorn as a phallic figure whose horn penetrates a stone wall through a heart-shaped opening, from which a drop of blood seems to be slowly falling. The nude, reposing female stretched out in the foreground at the hooves of the animal underlines the sensual nature of this sculpture."