A miniature sculpture of a barn own in flight perched on an outstretched hand. The little owl has illustrative filigreed elements that sprout from its wings and tail, which allow it to balance in a flying position.

spirit and mortality - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #owl #barnowl #miniature

A miniature sculpture of a male lion in a prowling pose on the palm of a hand. it is panted in reds, oranges, and golds, with little botanical embellishments along his flanks and tail.

the sun and the devoured -2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #lion

A surrealist sculpture of a tiny tortoise. It's painted in sunset colours of orange red and yellow with blue accents. On its back it carries a sprouting plant morphing into a dorsal sail.

adaptation and endurance - 20205 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #tortoise

A tiny sculpture of a deep sea angler fish with long tendrils sprouting from their fins and tail. The sculpture is perched on an outstretched hand in front of a soft focus background of plants.

mother of cages - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #fish #deepocean #anglerfish #miniature

A very small sculpture of a red ibis standing on the fingers of an outstretched hand.

aesthetic obscura II - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #bird #birb #ibis

A small sculpture of a shore crab painted like a sunset - oranges, yellows, and reds fading into a midnight blue with stars. Flowering plant stocks whose blossoms are shifting into birds spring from a break in its carapace.

cotton tide alchemy - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #crab

A tiny sculpture of a betta fish with bright red fins and a purple body.

sprite's repose - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #betta #miniature #fish

a mini sculpture of a mythical creature called a hippocamp - half horse, half water creature. it is painted a light beige blending to black points with white accents.

the honorable and profane - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #hippocamp #horse #miniature

A very tiny sculpture of a California quail perched on a finger. It carries a sprig of filigree plants on its back with closed flowers and white berries.

of laughter and lament - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #quail #californiaquail #birbs

A very small sculpture of a black cockatoo with intricate yellow speckles. It is perched on someone's outstretched hand. On its back is a basket of filigree carrying a white shell.

midnight's basket - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #parrot #cockatoo #banksian

A small sculpture of a butterfly morphing into greenery in colours of blue, green, and black.

paradox in playland - 2025 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #butterfly #moth

A polymer sculpture of a grey octopus, ornately decorated with botanical stylings.

A polymer sculpture of a grey octopus, ornately decorated with botanical stylings.

A polymer sculpture of a grey octopus, ornately decorated with botanical stylings.

A hand holds a small owl in flight with fanciful vines uplifting it.

I purchased my first @ellenjewett.bsky.social sculpture, “strange and gentle IV,” in 2016, and I’ve adored it ever day since. Today I welcome “spirit and mortality.” #surrealism #popsurrealism #handmade #mixedmedia #noai #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #maximalism #sculpture #octopus

the demon's parlor - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #crocodile

'Winter alchemist' by @ellenjewett.bsky.social comes to life in of of it's vibrant fluidity.

#ellenjewett #sculptorsofinstagram #contemporaryart #ooakartdoll #creature #pinemarten #cardinal #oakforest #psychedelic #artdaily #mixedmediaart #creativeprocess #mycology #zoology #wildlifeplanet

A sculpture of a black xoloescuincle (hairless dog) carrying a small flowering tree on their back with Luna moths and greenery intertwined around them. The dog is carrying a Luna in their mouth.

of dogs in the night - 2018 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #dog #canid #xolo

A sculpture of two hairless dogs intertwined. Their back legs and body are instead long tails that weave around one another. They are painted in pinks, greys, and whites, and their bodies blend with botanical motifs that coil around them.

dreaming of winter - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #dog #canid

Sculpture of two bats, one swooping down on the other who is on all fours. The bats are white with purple accents, their wings are made up of tracery rather than membrane.

the weight of all our conversations - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #bats

A sculpture of a rooster twined with vining plants. The rooster's tailfeathers are morphing into plants themselves. There are a variety of tiny songbirds perching on the growth around the rooster.

of the majestic and mundane - 2015 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #chicken #rooster

A sculpture of a grey fox running, caught mid-stride. Greenery and flowers sprout from their back and fan out above them. A snowy owl appears to by flying with them.

the complexity of our task at hand - 2015 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #fox #owl

A surrealist wolf sculpture balanced on their front legs. Their tail sweeps forward over their back and is woven with plant life while a pheasant perches on top. The colour scheme is soft, evoking natural history illustration.

feral antiquity II - 2015 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #wolf

A sculpture of a sea turtle balanced on its front flippers, tilting forward as if it were feeding on the greenery that sprouts from its shell and body. Warm yellows and greens are offset by light orange fish and small red flowers that are carried on its back.

a trip to and from reality - 2015 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #seaturtle #turtle #ocean

28 exquisite #AnimalSculptures that look straight out of #fairytale zorz.it/WJjVp | #ShanilouPerera #EllenJewett #artist #sculptures #SurrealArt #surrealism #MythicalWorld #MysticalNature

A sculpture of an octopus reaching gently forward with their arms, painted in dusty oranges and blues. Their mantle is hollow, and their skin has plant forms and tracery weaving over top of it.

on curiosity and reluctance (strange and gentle XXV) - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #octopus

A Vancouver Island wolf carrying a multitude of small animals and plant life, as well as small huts on their back. The piece is colored with hues of purple, pink, and green overlaying more natural greys and browns. In this photo, fish, marine plants, and two of the huts are visible.

title TBA - upcoming sale - August 17th #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wolf #seawolf #vancouverislandwolf #PNW

A baby partially feathered white parrot with flowers for a tail sits below a male betta fish that appears to be swimming over its back. The betta fish is shades of light blue, pink, and orange blending together, the body predominantly pale with the fins bleeding into a darker shade of blue.

finite aspirations #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #betta #birb

A hammerhead shark curves over top of a canid in a mirrored posture. The shark is trailed by black fish and seaweed. Both the shark and the canid are painted in pastel pink, orange, yellow, and blue that fades into dark black at the extremities.

changing identities - 2019 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #shark #canine #dog #fox

A realistic hawk in flight painted bright red with a blue face. Feathers and small balls stream behind on filaments interweaving with the wings, increasing the sense of movement.

our moment of departure - 2019 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #hawk #birdofprey

A grey/brown goat bowing its head and carrying a cornucopia basket full of fruit and flowers. There are Blue Morpho butterflies flying around and landing on the goat's back. There are also other plants and plant-like tendrils blending with the goat's fur.

equinox blooming - 2024 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #goat

A surrealist sculpture featuring a blue, red, and orange ibis in flight with its head turned to the side. There are blue flowers sprouting from its chest with yellow luna moths and alocasia leaves.

of mirth and poetry - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #bird #ibis #lunamoth #moth #alocasia

A green and blue salmon swims upwards. It is wearing an animal skull as a mask. It has 3 pairs of orange and yellow bird's wings.

of benevolence and red herrings - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #salmon #fish