Original artwork description:

"All she had eaten that day was a small piece of wafer, and while she was most thankful, she longed for a feast like they used to hold in the palace: fine beans, blanched and bathed in melted butter, creamy pink mousse whipped into clouds of incomparable lightness, a jewel-like jelly standing proud at the centre of the long laquered table.

"Never again, she thought to herself, as she twisted her last ringlet up into the wig she almost never removed these days. Pinching some redness into her freckled cheeks, she sighed and set her lips into a stoic pout. Soon, all this will be over, she told herself, one way or another. And almost too slowly to notice, the curl began to fall from where she had pinned it."

This portrait is part of my '100 heads' series: 100 small figurative sculptures of curious characters from my imagination.

Materials used:

Clay

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