I'm Back!

Apologies for the long gap between posts! A few months ago, I had a severe back injury and am still recovering. Luckily, it looks like things will be fine - with a lot of patience.

I do have some new photos, however. The seated male figure "Alan" which exploded in the kiln last summer is now repaired. Thanks to Peter Moehrle for the faux terracotta paint job. Also, I'm posting some images of a little clay sketch that I did at the Gage Drawing Jam in December. It took approximately an hour.

Unclad 2011

I just received an e-mail that "Walking Warrior" aka "Brian" and "Zoey" were both accepted for the annual Unclad exhibition at Gallery By the Bay in Stanwood Washington. I hope to see some of you at the opening on March 12!

http://www.uncladart.com/

Walking Warrior

Another sculpture is now complete. He's about 20 inches tall.

Introducing "The Pugilist"

"The Pugilist" is now complete. I decided to try a Rodin style patina - very dark with just a hint of verdigris. Unfortunately, it's a little hard to photograph. Especially with the gloomy Seattle winter weather...

Update

It's week 8 of a 10 week session at the Gage Academy and I'm starting to get nervous about completing my sculpture before our time is up as she still lacks hands, proper feet and many details. Still, I was happy to  have made a small breakthrough this evening on improving the flow through the "stand leg". It was very straight and lacked rhythm, but after inverting the thigh slightly and pressing out the calf in the opposite direction it looks much better! Here are a few cell phone photos. Stay tuned for better images next week.

Foundry Open House

"Pugilist" with original seams from reassembly

"Brian" and "Pugilist" with work by other artists

"Brian" and Mike who will be doing the metal chasing

"Brian", "Pugilist" and work in progress by other artists

Two Ravens Studio had an open house today. It was my first opportunity to see the bronze castings of "Brian" and "Pugilist Hoagie". There is still a lot of work to be done and you can see metal chaser extraordinaire Mike in the background of one of the photos. He will be working on removing all of the seam lines from where the castings were welded back together.  It's a huge job requiring a great deal of technical and artistic expertise.

Work in Progress

I just started a new piece at the Gage Academy reserved sculpture sessions. The pose has great flow, which makes it a lot of fun to sculpt!