Ignarion was sculpted from English Porcelain clay in my studio, slowly dried over the course of 2-3 months under plastic and bisque fired to 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit in the kiln. The bisqued sculpture was finished with a Manganese Oxide wash and Jade celadon glaze on the eyes before being fired for a second time. The finished sculpture is set in a foundation of pigmented resin for stability.

This piece measures approximately 18"x18"x18".

Ignarion’s Story

Ignarion, the Ember Dragon, carries the memory of fire within his skin. Washed in Manganese oxide, his skin echos the muted depth of cooled embers and firewood—an ashen surface that whispers of heat long spent yet never fully extinguished. From this subdued ground, his jade celadon eyes burn with an inner vitality, their cool green fire a striking counterpoint to the charred textures that surround them.

Ignarion embodies the paradox of flame: both destruction and renewal. His presence recalls the smoldering heart of a fire that lingers after the blaze, a reminder that what is consumed also prepares the way for new growth. He is the ember that survives the storm, the heat that waits patiently beneath the surface, the quiet persistence of energy that refuses to fade.

Encountering Ignarion is to feel the tension between stillness and force, ruin and rebirth. He is less the fire itself than its abiding spirit, the elemental truth that fire, once kindled, is never truly gone. His gaze holds the viewer in that moment of transformation, where the world is reduced to ash only so it may rise again.

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