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I initially photographed all of my own work. Now I have Will Michels take all my photos. Below are two of his photos of my bronze "Jacoben pigeon". Jacobens are a very regal looking bird.
HOODED JACOBIN PIGEON - detail of head
12" 11" X 9" bronze
HOODED JACOBIN PIGEON
12" 11" X 9" bronze
Finally hanging this in Montrose.
night bloomeibg lilie
4' X 5' on Stonehenge
2015
shake shake shake - wire sit!
41" H X 37" D X 19" W 2016
photo by will michele
I could not be more pleased to have two of 55 pieces chosen out of 339 entries in the 2017 invitational National Juried Conroe art league exhibition.
My friend, suite mate and fellow Glassell Studio School BLOCK XXVI fellow Karen Eisele is also in the show. Karen paints very beautiful and intimate abstracts.
HAPPY DOG - on bed
4" X 8" X 11" bronze and concrete
photo by Will Michele
Exhibit Dates: Wednesday February 1, 2017 thru Friday, February 24, 2017
Artist Reception and Award Ceremony - Saturday, February 11, 2017, 6pm to 8pm
The Conroe Art League127 Simonton Street
Conroe, TX 77301
936-756-9572 is the phone number for the gallery. The Galley is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
I broke out the piece we poured to day. I think the shell cooled to quickly and the entire piece did not fill with bronze. I broke enough of the shell off to know how it poured (most of the shell off ) and will save my shoulder and have legacy fine art foundry finish breaking big off the rest. Next week I will do the chasing and see if I can save the piece. I am hopeful for lemonade. I do love taking something that others would throw away and turning it into art.
After cleaning out the leaves.
Heating it up.
Kao wool to help keep the heat in.
Warmng the bronze before putting it in the crucible.
Peeping in the furnace as we heat up the shells.
Shipment of bronze
Stirring the spar set the n case there are leaks.
I really miss The old historical properties in El Paso.
I will mentally file this as inspiration for my art.
One more pic taken by Will Michels.
THE LAST STRAW
detail
12" x 10" X 24' bronze and reinforced concrete 2014
photo by Will Michele
THE LAST STRAW
12" x 10" X 24' bronze and reinforced concrete 2014
photo by Will Michels
I received some photos of my work from Will Michele recently. His work is stunning check it out at www.madebywill.com
HAPPY DOG - on bed
4" X 8" X 11" bronze and concrete 2015
The best gloves for sculpting are the gloves worn by ropers. They are soft enough to feel what you are doing and tough enough to protect you from sharp objects. It feels like it is time for new gloves.
On my brisk morning walk this beautiful leaf stopped me dead in my tracks. I carefully scooped her up and gently carried her home. She is so beautiful I could not take my eyes off her. I took at least 30 photographs of her. When I was through she whispered a saying I once read.
"In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty. And that's the way new leaves grow." - Amit Ray
A fallen leaf
I can see her pain in the veins that articulate her flesh, and I can see how that pain has entrusted in her a strength. I can see in her frailty a grace. I can see in her a beauty that can only come from falling.
- cindee
I started this a few weeks ago and this is as far as it went. I am sure It will come in handy at some point.
What's the pointe?
Pointe technique is the part of classical ballet technique that concerns pointe work, in which a ballet dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet within pointe shoes.
- Wikipedia
Mean while I still have this giant pokey pile of recycled wire from my raid on TXRX labs last December. I need turn this s into a piece to get it out of my way. It is 1/2" wire cloth that was cut into rectangles to reinforce plaster molds used to cast aluminum parts. They were left in the elements after they were used and rusted into a beautiful patina of rust, stainless steel, and plaster.
Spruing up another piece in the series.
Time to burn off the stainless steel coating on some wire cloth.
Documenting the stages of patina on my
"fairy tail" faux bois chair. It is about 5 years old. Another 10and it should be perfect.
Worked on two new porcelain reliefs today .
I am reposting "suffrage" which celebrates how far women have come since the Victorian era. With the Women's March on Washington taking place today I am reminded of an article I read earlier this year. I have cut and pasted the story below.
http://www.lrgaf.org/articles/sidesaddles_and_suffragettes.htm
A MOUNTED CHAMPION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Her name was Inez Milholland and it was her destiny to lead an equestrian and political revolution, the intertwined implications of which have never been previously studied.
That is why, in addition to being a suffragist, labour lawyer, correspondent, and public speaker, Inez Milholland ranks as one of the most important female equestrian leaders in American history, for it was on the back of a horse that she liberated her sisters from the sidesaddle, as well as helping obtain them the right to vote.
She did this by making three rides astride which changed the political and equestrian landscape of America in a few short months. In May, 1912 Milholland saddled up a fractious bay and led ten thousand marchers across New York.
Inez Milholland and Gray Dawn
Then she headed to the nation's capital.
Mounted on a white charger named, Gray Dawn, Inez set out early on March 3, 1913, determined to lead an immense women's suffrage parade several miles from the nation's Capital to the Treasury Building. Her Joan of Arc inspired costume was "a symbol of the free women of the future, crowned with the star of hope, circled with the blue mantle of freedom and breasted with the torch of knowledge."
Yet the suffragettes, who were marching on the eve of President Wilson's inauguration, had barely begun their long walk when they were attacked by a horde of antagonists. Cut off from her friends, and alone in the middle of the howling mob, it looked as if the drunken thugs might pull down the suffragette rider. Instead Inez spurred Gray Dawn and charged the rabble.
"You men ought to be ashamed of yourselves," she shouted, as her adversaries fled.
Thankfully, before her bluff could be called, U.S. cavalry troops galloped in from nearby Fort Myers. In the ensuing melee, the cavalrymen cantered up the avenue, crashing into civilians and clearing the way for the beleaguered suffragettes. Yet not even the cavalry could fully contain the wrath of the attackers who darted in behind the army, determined to kick, grab, curse, howl and spit at Inez and her fellow protestors. As the injuries rose, ambulances were called in to cart away hundreds of wounded spectators and suffragettes. But the women marched on.
Finally, many weary hours later, Inez and her fellow protestors reached their goal. The nation was aghast at how they had been treated. Inez, however, had no time to mourn.
Two weeks later she was in the saddle once again. This time she led ten thousand marchers through a peaceful New York. That was her last great ride and it ended at a rally witnessed by 150,000 people.
Inez MilhollandThen, like a candle that burned too bright, this mounted symbol of hope and equality died at the age of 30 from pernicious anaemia.
Her last public words were, "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"
The answer was, seven more long, unjust years.
My sweet husband made me this nifty pliers rack for a late Christmas gift.
It is hard you believe I have so many different types.
