Ama Menec - Sculpture
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Fine art foundry bronze & stoneware ceramic sculpture.
Sculpted & cast in the West Country, UK.
Persecuted; Life sized Badger Patinated Foundry Bronze
Dimensions: 30cm x 30cm x 34cm
Limited edition: of 12
Price: £9,000
Editions 3 onward are available to order. Email me: amamenec@lineone.net
Lead time approx. 5 months.
Also available as a cub sized maquette.
She is life sized and is patinated in life-like badger colours, including a pink belly where badgers are mostly hairless.
I have a deep love for badgers and sculpted this piece as a protest to the way this supposedly 'protected' species has been persecuted, over the last decade in mainland England.
!['Persecuted' a life sized female badger in patinated foundry bronze in a limited edtion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_8a43df31ee714f198d0486ad58914020~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_254,y_101,w_2070,h_2012/fill/w_381,h_371,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Persecuted%201st%20ed%20.jpg)
![Persecuted face detail of a life size patinated foundry bronze badger by fine art animal sculptor Ama Menec.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_147d67c746cd4da083dca9ad8d8d597e~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_0,y_189,w_2690,h_2643/fill/w_97,h_95,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Persecuted%20Face%20detail%20white%20background.jpg)
![The second in a limited edition of a life sized badger in patinated foundry bronze](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_332dd4731b7043918c599b0e7e6b880a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_95,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2nd%20ed%20badger%20tail%20view.jpg)
![Persecuted, a life sized badger in patinated foundry bronze](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_dc200b13c3f143f190113bda762904ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_407,h_407,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Persecuted%20300%20DPI.jpg)
![front view of the patinated foundry bronze life sized badger showing her pink underbelly where badgers have little fur and her mighty paws and claws](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_4d22bef350b44c28ae1fc215502befe0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_380,h_365,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/338ac5_4d22bef350b44c28ae1fc215502befe0~mv2.jpg)
![Badger is looking over her shoulder, life sized female badger in patinated foundry bronze](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_78cc6ab8929f45c5b708c6a680580149~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_122,y_86,w_2646,h_2660/fill/w_95,h_95,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Persecuted%20looking%20over%20her%20shoulder%20white%20background.jpg)
The video is of the checking of the patination of the the
life-sized badger 'Persecuted'.
From the top she appears to be quite a simple shape, but below reveals a lot more going on in terms of shape and colour. Badgers are largely hairless on their undersides which is why there is so much pink.
I most especially loved learning about, and sculpting, her paws! As a point of interest, badgers keep their claws sharp by keeping them off of the ground, suspended in the air on big spongy pads. As a result, she will not scratch your furniture!
![A close up head detail of the 2nd edition badger patinated foundry bronze she looks out of the corner of her eye.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/338ac5_442be354daeb4e5dab610c3fd8d6db91~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_82,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2nd%20ed%20badger%20underside%20of%20jaw%20view.jpg)