The Hollowing of a Bust

After slicing off the crown of the head with a wire tool, you can see the clay of this portrait bust enrobes a center of crumpled newspaper on the armature.  I’ve set the crown aside and will keep it in tact so that it can be replaced later in the process. This portrait bust is [...]

Younger bust

Here is the continuation of the previous portrait since I have changed models.  I learned a lot about the differences in the ages of faces by changing from an older woman in her fifties to a younger model of age fifteen. The area around the mouth in particular, the jaw line and they eye [...]

Sculpture Bust

Here is the very beginning of a larger than life portrait bust in clay. I had about 2 hours with the original model and, even though I think it would have been very nice looking, because she is a beautiful woman, she is in her 50’s and I realized I wanted a more youthful [...]

The sleeper

  
Here’s a reclining male I recently finished sculpting. The model was fantastic. This piece is about 19 inches long.

The Good Dream

This work can be seen in progress here: A Puncture Saves a Thousand Curves

Sharing the Light

Here is a recent Interview of me done by talented writer, Michelle Rosenthal. I’ve asked Michelle to do a guest sculpture for my blog. ~  It is important to me to continue to share that series of work I did on PTSD and it’s my aspiration that others going through this will perhaps walk [...]

A Puncture Saves a Thousand Curves

 
Here is a clay sketch with channels cut before finishing. This sculpture is finished and in the drying process now. About 19 inches long.

In the Rubble

There’s something special in this pile of rubble. This was a quick sketch I did of a model that I never finished.
I abandoned it in my garage for months. I did not add the usual labyrinth of channels I like to cut into these before firing. It was completely covered so it really didn’t [...]

Small Gust of Wind

I’m so tired of working on this one, I have to stop now.  It’s difficult to handle due to the pose and positioning of the support.   I started on an armature. After I removed this one from the armature, I hollowed it out, then I made a clay support that [...]

The middle of a man

 
Here’s an absolutely gorgeous torso in clay by my friend, Jim Fatata, who runs Litmus Gallery and Studios and the Raleigh Sculpture Group, where he teaches. This one’s in the drying stage and stands about 27 inches tall.