Original artwork description:

I have always loved daisies and as a child I used to make endless daisy chains, so I feel they make a wonderful choice for an artwork.

They symbolise childhood innocence, purity, simplicity and joy, and in Old English, daisies were referred to as “day’s eye” because at night the petals close over the centres and during the day they re-open.

The phrase “as fresh as a daisy” originated from this, signifying that someone had a good night’s rest.

Each time I make a new artwork I try and set myself a technical challenge which really excites me. This piece, the nineth of my Daisy artworks, is no exception as it's the third which has been created as a whole using a mould and polymer clay.

Materials used:

Moulded polymer clay, metallic liquid gold marker, and foam board in a deep box frame glazed with Perspex

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