Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture Ford and Ford and a small crease at

and a small crease at the bottom of the page below her right foot

but it was so lovingly and labor-intensively made (taking three years

this one being the 14th in the series

and arms clasped behind his back

and easy to move with the sun

Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture Ford and Ford and a small crease atI think this bear is a charmer, with a great, bold presence and also, with these elegantly pointing legs, ears and nose, a lot of grace. He's solid clay, with a warm, shiny brown glaze on his belly and great reactive black glaze on his back, which gives him a sort of Brutalist feel, too. Signed (incised) on the bottom of his feet John M. Turner. I might guess 1970s or so but am really not certain. Standing dimensions: 7 3 4" tall x 4 1 2" w x 4 5 8"