Finished modeling - ceramic,
100% life-size bust. View
full demo of this bust in process
Below: "Rupali" -
modeling in ceramic clay 75% lifesize
Near start / Near finish
Isabella - In progress
1/3 lifesize commission in polymer - will be bronze
Self Portrait - here's something
I make every 5 years or so, just for practice and for comparison
to see
how much progress has been made since the last time I did this.
Small bust is 50% lifesize. View finished piece
Life-size posthumous commission in progress.
Modeled in plasteline, will be bronze.
Eye detail
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Custom Wall Niche with Hand Engraved Name
This item was requested to be made to display a customer's
bronze miniature bust he had ordered. The miniature Gothic
niche is modeled in clay and will be cast in FortonMG, will
have small light in top.. Custom niches can be ordered in forton,
or bronze. Copies of this niche can be ordered with custom
name engraved at bottom. View
finished niche.
Another architectural piece in progress. Custom Gothic corbel.
Geisha - Life-size imaginary portrait in
progress. Modeling in Wed clay for molding/casting. Multi colored
bronze or forton
copies will be available. Hair accessories will
be included as part
of
the
sculpture. Right - FortonMG casting before patina applied. View
finished piece.
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"Sunday Golfer" -
this 32 inch figure will be available
in cast bronze when I find time to finish it. Shown is the
armature made of aluminum wire and foil. Joints are marked
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Rock climber "The Crux" - this
fun piece is about half way along. It will be a bronze or forton
hanging piece when finished. The rock forms were made with
rubber spatula. Size
about 3 feet
tall.
Little female climber roughed in.
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"Feast and Famine" - Larger figure is 20
inches tall. Shown in progress in plasteline, limited bronze
edition
is available.
Here the pieces are shown cast in wax from the molds and ready
to be taken to the foundry for bronze casting. The red is a
soft patch wax used for touching up the hard cast waxes and
fitting the weld areas.
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Below - The pieces are separated at the hands and base
to be molded separately. Feast shown with the shim (divider)
line in place, Famine shown with the front section of rubber
in place. The pieces will be welded back together once cast
in bronze.
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Gary:
Armature is two 24"x6" x2" treated
posts screwed to a board and covered with plastic wrap.
Modeled in ceramic
clay, this 150% life-size.
First photo at almost
100 pounds, I didn't let the underlayer stiffen up enough and
the face is starting to droop. Propped it up with some boards
for a couple of days until the clay was stiff enough to continue.
 
Near doneness below.
View
finished piece
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Mary - Made of WED clay, 22 inches tall.
Being made on a flat board, this high relief will be
a wall hanging cast in FortonMG with a metal face.
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The wed clay is molded while still wet (sealed
with an acrylic sealer). This is the finished Mary mold made
of Polygel 40 with Polyfiber added to the outer layers to strengthen
and thicken. The shell mold is made of FortonMG - light and strong.
View finished piece
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Below:
Polymer
(Super Sculpey) miniature figures - one of a kinds.
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"Rookie" the
Rhodesian Ridgeback. near life-size bust - edition
of 20 bronze are available. Includes miniature dog mounted
on the right front corner of the base of the Ridgeback bust.
Shown below - a mold was taken from the plasteline
originals and these wax investments were poured for the lost
wax bronze casting. Ears will be cast separately and then welded
on. See finished statue.
 
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