Animals, Birds & Sea Life

Animals, birds, and marine life have long inspired some of art’s most enduring and emotionally resonant imagery—symbols of beauty, movement, mystery, power, grace, transformation, and the natural world’s extraordinary diversity. The designs below draw inspiration from wildlife across land, sky, and sea, exploring a wide range of creatures through sculptural form, ornament, symbolism, dimensional richness, and contemporary artistic invention. Though informed by nature, these concepts frequently seek not simple representation, but reinterpretation—imagining familiar creatures through new visual languages, unexpected settings, atmosphere, and decorative possibility.

I have long been fascinated by animals because they possess an immediate emotional presence and symbolic power that often transcends words. These concepts explore how wildlife imagery might evolve into dimensional porcelain and glass objects possessing sculptural presence, craftsmanship, richness, atmosphere, and enduring beauty. Many imagine richly layered works that feel immersive, symbolic, materially compelling, and visually alive—pieces intended not merely as depictions of nature, but as lasting objects of wonder, elegance, movement, personality, and visual enchantment inspired by the extraordinary diversity of the living world.

George F. Engel

For Wedgwood to replicate my Serenity Medallion they would have to 'lay-on' every white object by hand taking many hours; a task likely avoided today due to difficulty/time/cost factors. I cast my Serenity and Princess Diana roundels in approximately forty minutes. The teaching/learning curve for a worker trained to cast in Jasperware porcelain is easy. Low to moderate skill level is all that is needed. I have to add here that I have had very limited experience glazing THE SPIDER’S LAIR and I find casting Jasperware 1000x easier!

Immediately below are my designs of some ‘FROZEN’ Roundels showing what spectacularly complex, beautiful objects can be created.

George F. Engel