Enduring Paths

4/14/2010

About 2.5 weeks remain here @ Ringling. Here's a sneak peak at my new project!

Best of Ringling

Here are some pictures from Fine Arts - Best of Ringling 2010 show.

a view of my sculpture in the show


shot of the crowd and gallery


students, faculty, and public





shot of Josh Fuller's sculpture in the show

7 Years

About three weeks ago I cut off my dreads. I had them for quite a while, and I felt it was time for them to go. However after putting so much effort and work into them, there was no way I could bring myself to just discard them. So...like anything else, I bronzed it! Below are in progress pictures of my new self portrait titled - 7 Years. Pics coming of finished product soon!


1st coat of slurry


casting area


getting the bronze out from the slurry mold


after the first quick sand blasting


getting there!

Few more pics from senior show!

Infinite 4


Infinite 3


Void 4


Void 2


The masters

Video of casting process!

Juried Art Show 2010

Had a great time last Friday at The Studio 620 in St. Petersburg. Central Art Supply Store had an open call for a juried exhibition. I was fortunate enough to have 3 out of 3 entrees selected to be in the show. The opening had a good turn out, and looked great.

Busy Busy!!!

Been very busy these past couple weeks, but fortunately it paid off. Senior orals were held last week, which I think went quite well. Then on Friday, February the 5th I had my fine arts senior exhibition with Josh Fuller. The show went very well, it was lots of fun, and we had a great turn out. Looking forward to setting up some shows in the future!

title board for the show, it is the gallery's volume in ft.

opening

students, faculty, public



I had 4 bronze sculptures, 3 wood sculptures, and a print. Josh filled the walls up with 3 huge projections, and had a sculpture that related to one of the images.

prep

lots of work, but lots of fun!

CNC router skills

turned out nice

More to come soon!

Report!

Just a quick one, more to come soon!

New Sculpture!

Piece of wood, with hole bored through center from insects. I poured molten bronze into this hole, and this is what happened.


I think it turned out great!


detail of top


detail of mid section



more to come!!!

Good Times

pouring bronze into wood, lots of fire


my instructor and I pouring the bronze


the wood section being split to free the bronze


the piece, out of the wood and cleaned up a bit


I found wood with tunnels bored out of the middle from insects, after cleaning it up a bit and clearing some of the contents inside the tunnels, I poured molten bronze into the holes, giving me these great positive casts from the negative space inside the branches. I think they came out very well! I had no idea what would happen.



screen print installation in my studio for Open Studios


a view inside my studio, some sculptures on the floor, and pictures/prints on the wall


another view


Fine Arts: Open Studios, it was very successful. We had lots of traffic coming through our studios all night long. It is a yearly event held here at Ringling, where the senior Fine Arts class opens their individual studios to the public as they walk through campus and check them all out. It was a great event.

Photo of a part of my sculpture, and I, in my studio