A sketch proposal and the finished sculpture carved in Hopton Wood limestone for Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, approximately 9' high

This sculpture depicts the four classes of creature according to the ancient Vedic traditon:- dirt and moisture born, earth born, egg born and womb born. The native creatures chosen were three of each type :-

Tardigrade, tapeworm & mosquito.

Oak, rose & blackberry.

Newt, eagle & salmon.

Sheep, deer & human.

Commission for the Leon MacLaren Arts Trust. 2004.