A V A I L A B L E S
STONE
My approach to stone is intuitive. I prefer to take a large block of stone, draw a series of lines on it, and begin sawing and breaking away with a hammer and chisel, to remove the excess stone. Once the form is roughed out, grinders and sanders define the piece. I can rough out a sculpture in relatively short time. The hand finishing and refining of the piece, however, takes approximately three times as long as the rough cutting. This process is very intuitive permitting the stone to lead the process and
reveal its form. On the other hand, imposing a pre-conceived concept on the stone, as in a horse, makes the sculpting more work and less play than intuitive sculpting.
My approach to stone is intuitive. I prefer to take a large block of stone, draw a series of lines on it, and begin sawing and breaking away with a hammer and chisel, to remove the excess stone. Once the form is roughed out, grinders and sanders define the piece. I can rough out a sculpture in relatively short time. The hand finishing and refining of the piece, however, takes approximately three times as long as the rough cutting. This process is very intuitive permitting the stone to lead the process and
reveal its form. On the other hand, imposing a pre-conceived concept on the stone, as in a horse, makes the sculpting more work and less play than intuitive sculpting.
BRONZES
In 2009 a serious accident prevented me from carving for a year. In that time, I began having bronzes made of some of my original stone sculptures. The multi-stepped process is performed at a foundry. My six smaller works produced to date are cast in an edition of nine. These works can each be enlarged to any size. To date, my first large bronze was created in a foundry in Joseph, Oregon, and shipped to the installation site at Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretta, Kentucky. Many times the beautiful patinas applied by the patineer at the foundry are mistaken as stone pieces. I am moving to bronze with large commissions since it is no longer safe for me to be hanging off scaffolding working on a twenty ton stone project.
STONE DRAWINGS
To create the stone drawings, I apply a heavy rubber to the stone. I draw lines on the rubber creating a design. With a sharp blade, I cut along the lines and remove the rubber surrounding the cuts. The flora and fauna figures remain covering the stone. Once the piece is heavily sandblasted the whimsical forms remaining under the rubber are shiny and polished and contrast to the sandblasted background.
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859.523.5551
EMAIL ADDRESS
[email protected]
MAILING ADDRESS
930 Village Green Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40509 USA
STUDIO ADDRESS (By Appointment Please)
7 Dixie Street, Winchester, KY 40391 USA