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Sculpture
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Sculpture
can be described as any object that occupies a three-dimensional space;
this includes freestanding sculpture as well as wall sculpture, also
known as relief sculpture. Artists may use any variety of material and
in any combination to create the desired effect. Below are a list of
materials and processes that the artists represented in our gallery use.
Please understand and remember that in no way is this a complete list of
materials.
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Bronze
The
lost wax process is also referred to as "cire perdue" which
is found independently in early civilizations of Africa, China as wells
as South America. It can be use with any metal material or combination
of metals; our artists tend to use bronze. The basic process is to create
as wax sculpture (the desired object to be expressed) that is then encased
in soft clay in order to create a clay mold. The clay mold is baked and
the wax melts out. At this point the molten hot metal is poured in to
the mold, the metal cools; and the clay mold is broken away to revealing
the desired object (expressed in the metal). At this point some artists
may choose to polish the surface of the sculpture, smoothing out any undesired
imperfections while other artists may prefer to leave the marks of the
casting process.
The
surface of metal works can also be colored. The most 'traditional' method
to do this is with a 'patina,' giving the metal the appearance of a stone
such as marble. Patina is when a chemical is sprayed over the metal and
then heated. Different chemicals will yield different effects on different
metals and under different temperatures. There are a lot of variables
and therefore every artist will tend to have their own 'signature' patina.
An artist may also use paint or any other combination of material to adorn
the surface.
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Jim
Buckels
Top Right: "Leda", Bronze,
21" x 9" x 5 1/2",
2000,
Edition Size: 99
Odile
Kinart
Lower
Right: "On the Road", Bronze, Edition
Size: 8
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Cast
Resin Sculpture
Cold casting resin is the process of combining two liquid agents, which
when mixed solidifies. The advantage to resin is that it does not require
the incredibly high heat to reach its finished state like clay does. |
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Markus
Pierson
Top Right: "Business
as Usual", Relief Cold Cast Resin Sculpture,
h 27.75" w 11" d 17", 2001,
Edition Size: Hand painted: 325,
Bronze: 75
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Mixed
Media Collage
Volker Kühn
Kühn uses a combination of media and objects to create his surrealist
images. Each scene exists in a three dimensional space that is enclosed
in a custom frame.
Right:
"The
Heart", Mixed Media Sculpture,
10.5"h x 10"w, 2003, Edition
Size: 150
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Wire Mesh Shadow Sculpture
Randy Cooper
All one of a kind pieces.
Right:
"Love",
Wire
Mesh Sculpture, 27" x 18" x 6", 2002
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Wood
Sculpture
Romero
Britto
Hand painted with lacquer and enamel paint.
Middle:
"Solo
Performance", Hand Painted Wood Sculpture,
17" x 13" x
9", Year, Edition Size:
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