One day I sketched this tiny two inch picture of a grotesquely deformed creature hand. 
Years passed by and I saw it again. I wanted create a larger sculptural art piece with massive work involved. I formed a base line for it using wire aluminum foil and deer antlers (I don’t hang them on my walls I destroy them and turn into much creepier objects)Below is my armature form.
Pretty cool I thought. Again years pass by. Clay was finally put on the piece and it began to take form. Another long period of time passes by, I know, this is ridiculous right? Of course it is but, it’s all true. 2013-2014 arrives and I’m finally ready to detail the darn thing. After some minor reworking it is finally sculpted to completion. Here it is in the works (first five pics)and then finished (last seven pics.)
A little bit of fine tuning to the detail has been done and the piece has been baked. Yes I baked it in the oven. For this piece I used super sculpey which is a type of polymer clay that can be baked to harden to a ceramic type stiffness. Also can be found at your local big box craft stores.
The piece is now in another static state of waiting for paint and finishing work. 🙂 I’ll have to get back to you on this one.
The Art of Ryan Ross 
Why not title the group”The Artist Struggling with Modern Civilization”?
Ryan, I have just visited and viewed all the lastest.. You have some very remarkable pieces! Some of your portraits reveal a real gift; let me take that back and say that you have a real genius for many types of artistic expressions. As an old man, I am repulsed by the figures of internal struggles; however, they reveal a soul that is struggling for supernal revelations amidst terrestrial restraints. As almost all creative people recognize, it is this struggle that produces great art. Too, I think the struggle reveals that you are seeking the medium that will give best expression of your artistic gift. Please visit the website of Marc Chatov and Glenn Ray Tutor
Nora and I have some early examples of both. Both have gone on to achieve renown.
We want to start getting some examples of your early work so that we can compare them with those that will bring you renown. I believe in you , dude!
Doc