The first hand-pressed clay sculpture is finished and drying now before it can be kiln fired. Once this is fired in the kiln I will have an exact size and weight and a firm price for these signed, numbered and dated works reproducing this historic George Grant Elmslie/Louis Sullivan 1884 Chicago design featuring a  styled webbed lotus. The design is an early work by these men and  it dates to the  foundation of what has become known as the “Sullivanesque” style of architectural ornament.   The James W Scoville building was demolished in the 1970s, many of the original artifacts were salvaged, most are in private collections while a few…