Ovis aries puerilis (detail)

Ovis aries puerilis Sheep have long been a domestic species used for food and clothing, but much like dogs and cats as the times changed people no longer re-lied on the sheep for utilitarian purposes. Some people adopted them as pets and began breeding

Ovis aries puerilis
Sheep have long been a domestic species used for food and clothing, but much like dogs and cats as the times changed people no longer re-lied on the sheep for utilitarian purposes. Some people adopted them as pets and began breeding them for personality or a specific look. Several pet specific breeds took off, those with shorter, rounder faces being the most popular. It took a remarkably short period of time for the morphology of one particular line to change radically. As the face became less sheep-like their popularity grew among pet enthusiasts. Despite being a high maintenance animal, due to its inability to bite and chew up food, owners claim it is by far the best pet they have ever owned.

Artwork Info

Type of Work Sculpture
Medium ceramic slip cast
Dimensions approx. 18 x 49 x 14 in. on display (each sheep is 3 x 4 x 1 in.)
Subject Matter Sheep, animals

Artist Info

Cecelia Clapham

BFA Student
Joined: August 8, 2009

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Cecelia Clapham BFA Thesis Spring 2013