The Sculptor's Muse: Christmas & Sculpture
The Season of Christmas is the one Holiday that has the greatest connection with sculpture - from Nativity scenes to embellishing your own sculptures with a Christmas flair. We hope you enjoy glimpsing some of the ways we decorate our sculptures at this time of year and wish you all a Beautiful and Merry Christmas! Click on an image to enlarge the photo and read descriptions. #sculpture #Christmas #Nativity #ChristChild
Sculptor's Muse: Research
What goes hand in hand with being a figurative sculptor? A passion for research and history! Before I begin any sculpture or commission, I find myself researching...something. At times I start by pulling books from my personal library - a collection of art and art history books that I have gathered over the years - half are out of print and are probably considered a 'valuable find' in antique stores. These books have written notations in them (I always use pencil) and sti
Sculptor's Muse: Portraits
One of the main areas of a sculptor's work is that of Portraiture, which happens to also be one of my favorites. I have been asked if the technology of 3D printing will affect the commissions for portraits, and I have not experienced that it has. I also don't think that it can - not really. A true portrait, whether in sculpture or painting - has to pass through the eyes and hands of the artist. It is no mere static, sterile 'copy' of the person. The job of the sculptor is
Sculptor's Muse: Decorative Sculpture
One often thinks of sculpture as statues standing outside on a plinth, however, sculpture historically functioned hand in hand with architecture. Researching the beautiful fountains and palaces of Europe, decorative sculpture is strewn all over facades, window casements and arches. Inside you find sculptural elements on mantel pieces, ceilings, above doorways, and stair banisters.... And so I began to research this fascinating place that sculpture fulfilled in architectura
