Jay L. Tschudy Signed Copper Warrior Shield & Lance Freestanding Sculpture View Watchlist >
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System ID # 29486933
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Jay L. Tschudy Signed Copper Warrior Shield & Lance Freestanding Sculpture
A small-scale freestanding sculpture in worked copper by Jay L. Tschudy, of Blackfoot descent, depicting a feathered lance and round shield mounted on a sandstone base. The piece combines flame-patinated copper sheet, cut and curled to suggest fletching and feather barbs, with applied gold-toned linework and turquoise-painted geometric panels forming cross and arrow motifs across both the upright lance and the disc shield. Raised stud detailing rings the shield's edge, and natural fiber cordage gathers at the base alongside a copper plate footing. The shield stands on slender copper rod legs.
The work is signed in script to the underside copper plate, and retains its original printed maker's hangtag — "An Original Jay L. Tschudy Design" — along with a biographical card noting Tschudy's 1963 birth in Yucaipa, California, and his work across stone, wood, clay, copper, brass, and steel. The lance-and-shield pairing draws on Plains warrior iconography, rendered here in mixed-media metalwork mounted as a tabletop display piece.
CONDITION
Very Good. No remarkable damage and no visible flaws; the piece displays well. Patina and flame coloring are intentional to the artist's process — designed surface treatment rather than wear.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall: 9" H × 5" W × 4" D
- Weight: 1 lb
- Materials: Copper, painted accents, fiber cordage, sandstone base
- Signed to underside copper plate
- Retains original maker's hangtag and artist biography card
- Campbell's Cream of Celery Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
