In the faasy world of “Michelle Petersen”, clay becomes a magical substance; Where legendary creatures, mythical animals and lovable monsters emerge from the heart of nature. This artist living in North Carolina, America, with his delicate and imaginative clay sculptures, blurs the line between reality and fiction and takes the audience to a world similar to fairy tales.
Petersen’s works are a poetic combination of animal forms and natural elemes; Moss, plas, stones, crystals and wood are prese in the sculptures, not as decoration, but as part of the ideity of the work. This deep connection with nature is a reflection of his ierest in faasy, the natural world, and “lovely monstrous” creatures; Creatures that inspire curiosity and iimacy instead of fear.
All his works are made by hand with polymer paste and paied with acrylic pai. Petersen often uses objects found in nature or the surrounding environme, such as stone, wood, shells, oak, pine, and even glass bottles in his works; Elemes that give each sculpture a unique ideity and an independe story.
Michelle Petersen’s work style has a mythical and story-like atmosphere; A world where imagination breathes freely and imaginary creatures seem a natural part of the surrounding ecosystem. Whether in the form of small figures, decorative sculptures or ornames and seasonal and occasion decorations, his works are an invitation to return to a world where magic is still alive. (Visual Flood)
