My dog might be getting old…

You can tell by the cobwebs.

smile

 
Here is a quiet little moment with the tiny smile of an eight-year-old girl. I sure wish I had a model for this because I very much want to be good at sculpting children.
I’ve been working on this sculpture during our kitchen remodeling project. We finally finished laying tile on the [...]

Loose Leaf Logic

Should you, Could you, Would you Paint the Wood?

My guardian poodle should be out there biting the ankles of my enemies however, he prefers to dabble in fine art instead.  Here’s an installation work of Pood’s called “someone rang the doorbell right after the front door was painted” .
I’m so fortunate to have such a talented companion here for inspiration. Pood is also [...]

A hand in it

I spent yesterday at a studio space near Elon University, NC with my new friend, Ahmed Fadaam, a sculptor who now works as a journalist for the New York Times. He’s a visiting scholar at UNC Chapel Hill. The art school where he taught in Baghdad, Iraq was burned down after the war broke out.
Ahmed [...]

Little black number

 
“Night Lotus”, an intimately scaled, meditative, black steatite stone carving by Dale L. McEntire, invites us to ponder its flowing curves among angles; its rough, organic, earthiness against silky-smooth, refined surfaces; and lightening strikes of blinding white on midnight black.
Dale McEntire, Sculptor of “Night Lotus” says, “The sculpture ”Night Lotus “ is inspired by the [...]

And then one day …it happened

 
Charlie Brouwer, sculptor of “And then one day …it happened” said “Recently most of my outdoor sculptures have been human figures. The ideas for them come from my personal experiences. Occasionally I experience, or think something that seems to resonate with meaning going beyond my personal life and I turn it into a sculpture. I [...]

Little bit older and a lot less boulder

 
Here is more progress on the stone carving I’m doing in Paris Alexander’s workshop. I’m using mostly the tooth chisel to figure out the planes of the face. I want to go much deeper on the far side. I’ve not even started shaping the hand. Lots of work ahead!
This is part four of the [...]

Where’s the fire?

 
This beautiful gem can be found in the Town of Cary and it’s more than just a looker. If ever there’s a fire or a dog in need, we’ve got you covered.
p.s. More stone carving next week. We had a break due to Memorial Day weekend.

Fo Shizzel My Chizzel

 
 
Second day carving this stone and I am having a blast. My teacher, Paris Alexander,taught me to use a point chisel to clear out more stone and to do some shaping with a tooth chisel. I was supposed to round out the tip of the nose (/me points to the square flat thing which is [...]