{"product_id":"apollo-and-daphne","title":"Apollo and Daphne","description":"A ceramic, oxide and glaze sculpture referencing  the Greek myth of Apollo and Daphne in which the god grabs the nymph who transforms into a tree to prevent his unwanted sexual predations. The hands are sculpted from terracotta - not from moulds.  The textures and colours are given with manganese oxide and a green glaze.\r\nProbably the finest sculpture of this myth is Bernini's housed in the Vatican.  Many artists have since (and before) used the myth as inspiration.  \r\nI had an unfired terracotta hand which I had decided not to use from a previous sculpture and determined to use it in this sculpture which I had been meaning to make for some years.  As it transpired, by the time I had reformed, trimmed and rebuilt, it would have been just as quick to build it from new.  \r\nI like terracotta's ability to mimic flesh better than other clay bodies.  It is always alarmingly brick-coloured when first out of the kiln but the application of oxides and glazes can bring back the humanity that it loses in the firing.  ","brand":"Guy Tucker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55280074064163,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/9401\/5011\/files\/gt10_o3m3y_1514351054.jpg?v=1782422113","url":"https:\/\/lovely.art\/products\/apollo-and-daphne","provider":"Lovely.art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}