Vincent is the caretaker in the hotel. Maybe he is even part owner, who knows. He is very old, quirky, funny and wise, of course. To feed all hotel caretaker cliche’s out there.

Currently he is in my kiln second firing and has no hair yet looking a bit creepy, but also interesting:

 Josiane Keller “Vincent with no hair” (2016)

Vincent has a tattoo on his arm which he got as a very young and wild man, a sword upon a rose, pirate style (the idea gave me a friend today and I jumped right at it), but Vincent now wears everyday a suit, so unless you are very close to him you would never know.

Then there is Alexander, who is still a very young baby. In fact he was born two days ago, on February 3rd, although on the final shots he will be about three months old.

Josiane Keller “Alexander in the kiln” (2016)

Obviously I need to assemble the arms to the body. I have made another baby two years ago for an animation, Eileen, a fetus rather, with umbilical cord and womb. So Alexander is my second clay baby.

Josiane Keller “fetus Eileen with placenta 2” (2013)

I don’t have Alexander’s mom yet. She should be one of the next figures.