A Hunt Museum Souvenir

Our current project is inspired by aspects of The Hunt Museum. Our brief is to state our standing on the meaning of the term 'souvenier' and inspired by an object or gropup of objects from The Hunt, create our own souvenir in the form of a contemporary piece.
For this project I am defining a souvenir as: a reproduction of another object, to take away to remind you of the original.
Having viewed the various varied collections of objects and artefacts in The Hunt, I chose a very small ceramic statuette of a horse and rider dating from possibly 1800 B.C. and of Hittite origin. I love the simplicity of the piece and how the horse and rider have been stylised. I think this piece has real character the way the horse stands still and straight as the little figure wraps his arms around the his neck, holding on so tightly.

I decided to create a reproduction of this piece but much larger. I wanted to highlight this little figurine and create a piece that people would notice and be able to touch and interact with, in contrast to the original which sits on a shelf in a glass cabinet and often goes unnoticed to viewers.