Earthworm Studies

More than ten years ago 

I made some closeup photos

of earthworms, 

it was Herald Island days. 

I have the negatives

and a contact sheet but

 apart from making a couple of quick

prints, I didn't pursue the image 

further. I don't know why,

perhaps it was because other photos

were coming along and crowding it out 

and I was distracted.  I don't know

where those two prints are at the moment although

I would like to. They are somewhere in the

drawers here though.

But the idea has constantly gnawed away,

so recently I bought some clay

and began making shapes

based upon the photos that I had taken,

and drawings that I made from time

to time such as these below.

The photo at the top of the page is 

my first clay version.

I would like to see it turned into

bronze, or even  marble. Or

perhaps a photographic image.

I'm not sure, so I'm exploring it now.