Sabo (2026) Original Clay Sculpture by Ta Byrne

For a long time, I wanted to make sculptures, and now I’ve taken the plunge with Sabo, a main character from my book Egg Island. I’m also working on his sister, Sumi, and I want to take the characters and objects from my painting, such as Egg Flowers in a blue vase, my Lovers, Conspirators, and my Jazz characters.

An Extract from my book. Egg Island is full of characters and strange things, but do not be alarmed because it’s normal here. Apart from the Egg people, dolphins, including a giant one as big as a ship and one even bigger, which sleeps at the bottom of the sea. Baboons who think they own the place; firebugs as big as coconuts who light up the village; giant turtles who protect the kids when swimming; coconut crabs, bright orange with cat-like habits who like their belly scratched; little bees with big eyes always sharing honey and mushrooms that produce eggs.

Materials used:

Clay oil paint

Details:

• Clay sculpture on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 8 x 18 x 5cm / 8 x 18cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits