Brought Back to Life

          Someone can create art with own experiences and imagination. Nick Mackman is a sculptor of clay animals drawing on her own experience as a rhino keeper and in safari, she aims to analyze an animal and then recreate it. When she recreates her art she gives each of them its own personality. Each of her sculptures are Raku fired, giving it a rich but natural crackle glaze. Sometimes bristles, paper maché are used in her sculptures. Some people have the gift of being able to change a person’s perspective of something. Many might not understand the real meaning of bringing something dead or extinct back to life. I think that sculpting is an awsome talent because they don’t just imagine their creation but they bring it to life.
         
         Some people have the gift of being able to change a person’s perspective of something. I say this because some people tend to judge something without getting to know about it. For example when Nick does her sculptures she analyzes the animal she might be studying weather its unknown or highly endangered. With doing so she has been able to have more people know about something they had no clue existed. She has travelled to places such as Botswana and Madagascar to observe many different animals that she also models in her work. A lot of people are so caught up with their personal lives that they don’t realize the importance of an animal’s role in the world.
  
          Many people might not understand the meaning of bringing something dead, extinct, or endangered back to life. A lot of people are so caught up with their personal life that they don’t care or find the true importance of an animal’s role in life. Sculptures like Nick can show and teach others the great value of and animal’s existence. She uses animals to lighten us with their amazing beauty, humor, and tenderness. She allows us to view all this things even though they might be viewed as purely ugly or aggressive.  

         In my personal opinion I think that sculpting is an amazing talent. A sculpture doesn’t just imagine their creation but brig it to life. With doing so it brings a new type of life. There is an important part in making the sculptures beauty stand out, this process is called Raku firing. This process gives the sculpture a distinct smoky finish. She uses this in most of her sculptures. Nick and meny others have the amazing talent of being able to change a persons perspective on something. Someone able to recreate something that has been extinct, dead, or endangered and give its own personality is a gift. She helps others understand the true beauty and value of the animals used in her creations.