Owlish

Back when my friend was doing his aluminium casting at the end of January I used some of the pot at the end of the day to do a quick cast of my own. This owl head design was made some years ago out of plasticine and cast into a plaster positive. Taping that into sand several times to give a fairly faithful indentation then pouring in some metal gives a pretty good rendition of the original. Some chasing is necessary to bring out details.

The hollow under the beak is drilled out to hold a door knocker tapper as if grasped between the mandibles. About 20cm from ear tip to ear tip, and 18cm chin to ear tip