Ammonite fossil sculpture

[Entocarlos]

Hi all,

 

Just wanted to share a couple of sculptures I did a few years back as a present. They are made of clay and wiring, and they try to represent the real-life owners of the fossil shell pieces. The real fossil pieces are detachable so they effectively work as a fossil stand.

 

Note that with what I know now about ammonites I would have changed a few things like the hood (vs aptychi), and lengthening and enlarging the part of the shell where the body goes in.

 

Hope it's interesting. Feedback is welcome!

[FranzBernhard]

Very creative! Thanks for sharing!
Franz Bernhard

[SawTooth]

What do you do to make the fossil pieces detachable? I can see it on the larger model, but the smaller one seems like it would become detached easily and fall off. They look great though!

[Entocarlos]

They are press-fits aided by the elasticity of the paint, so they stay put!

[C2fossils]

I like how it looks! I am gonna have to keep this in mind for some of my more common partial invertebrate fossils.

[jpc]

Very well done.  At first I thought... why black?  Then I got to liking it.... it really makes the fossil bits stand out.