Bird on a Plinth Still Lifes Like so many studio photographs

Like so many studio photographs of the day

foreword by Sir Alfred Munnings

In this piece the owl has become a sort of tribal costume but with a life of its own: Remaining standing long after its owner has departed

Sheffer’s work is presumably an illustration intended for publication in a mainstream magazine

upon an over-painting

Bird on a Plinth Still Lifes Like so many studio photographsMixed Earthenware and terracotta clays decorated with slips and oxides. Multiple firings including smoke firings. Burnished with wax. A bird with a blue head perches on a tall plinth that is decorated with arcane symbols. Dreaming of birds symbolises hope, harmony and freedom.