I cut the sculpture in half and it worked

I have adding more detail onto the limbs. I added the strands around the body to give the sculpture a more mummified look. I will also take a look at photos of real life mummies. 

This is a clay sculpture using chanvant clay

I also decided to cut the sculpture in half long ways and insert the cartboard between the two halves. This has turned out better than I expected. I will provide link below to the artworks that inspired this sculpture. They were; the illustration that Harry Clarke created for Edgar Allen Poe’s story, The Pit and the Pendulum; Jens Heimdahl’s illustration for HP Lovecraft’s story, the Dreams In the Witch House

The 17 Best Lovecraft Stories Any Horror Fan Should Read – RehnWriter

Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s *Tales of Mystery and Imagination* (1919) — The Public Domain Review

William Keleny Artist | Buy Dark Works Of Art by William Keleny

Horror Art Prints