Originally published at Churchpop
At age four, Josué Benjamín Figueroa began making sculptures with clay.
Now, at 15, he hopes to achieve the Guinness World Record with a 20-foot sculpture of Saint Augustine.
The sculpture is located in the city of Guacara in Carabobo State in Venezuela. It is made of fiberglass-reinforced resin. It also has an internal metal structure to give the sculpture stability.
To achieve this great feat, Figueroa needed the tireless work of at least 10 people.
“Blacksmiths are needed to create the metal structure precisely because it has to support the weight of the clay to model and mount the clay on the structure so that I can do the modeling,” Figueroa told Telemundo 51.
On his Instagram account, Josué shared the final result of the sculpture and said he takes pride in building something so great at his age.“Imagine how proud and happy I feel that just a few years ago, I was making clay dolls, and today this six-meter [20-foot] sculpture of Augustine of Hippo that I made is installed. It’s incredible what practice, dedication and discipline can do. It’s so important, you can achieve anything.””Today I present to you the largest sculpture of Saint Augustine of Hippo in the world
