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Sketches in Modeling Clay
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Study for the Horse in History (left diagonal side)
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: 13 inches from nose to rump & 11 inches is the height at withers.
Notes: This maquette was done in the process of designing a future project. The vision was to sculpt a double-over-life sculpture of a horse on which would be numerous relief carvings of the use of horses in history. These would include agriculture, military, pleasure, sports, and transportation. At the present, my plan is to cast this piece in this scale and offer it to horse lovers. No attempt was made to portray a particular breed, lest any horse owners might feel celebrated or left out. So it is truly a generic breed. My aim was to portray an elegant, proud, spirited animal that would please everyone.
I modeled the sculpture by sometimes setting myself up in a pasture where horses were grazing. Being curious creatures, they ambled over to see what was going on, then move off and I could work at whatever profile was offered. They are constantly moving, grazing, looking up when they heard a noise, and in general being very helpful. Lovable creatures that they are, some would come and nuzzle my shoulder trying to get special attention. At times this would even interfere with my work, so I climbed through the corral to continue my sculpting without too much attention. (2016)
Dimensions: 13 inches from nose to rump & 11 inches is the height at withers.
Notes: This maquette was done in the process of designing a future project. The vision was to sculpt a double-over-life sculpture of a horse on which would be numerous relief carvings of the use of horses in history. These would include agriculture, military, pleasure, sports, and transportation. At the present, my plan is to cast this piece in this scale and offer it to horse lovers. No attempt was made to portray a particular breed, lest any horse owners might feel celebrated or left out. So it is truly a generic breed. My aim was to portray an elegant, proud, spirited animal that would please everyone.
I modeled the sculpture by sometimes setting myself up in a pasture where horses were grazing. Being curious creatures, they ambled over to see what was going on, then move off and I could work at whatever profile was offered. They are constantly moving, grazing, looking up when they heard a noise, and in general being very helpful. Lovable creatures that they are, some would come and nuzzle my shoulder trying to get special attention. At times this would even interfere with my work, so I climbed through the corral to continue my sculpting without too much attention. (2016)
Study for the Horse in History (left side)
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: 13 inches from nose to rump & 11 inches is the height at withers.
Notes: This maquette was done in the process of designing a future project. The vision was to sculpt a double-over-life sculpture of a horse on which would be numerous relief carvings of the use of horses in history. These would include agriculture, military, pleasure, sports, and transportation. At the present, my plan is to cast this piece in this scale and offer it to horse lovers. No attempt was made to portray a particular breed, lest any horse owners might feel celebrated or left out. So it is truly a generic breed. My aim was to portray an elegant, proud, spirited animal that would please everyone.
I modeled the sculpture by sometimes setting myself up in a pasture where horses were grazing. Being curious creatures, they ambled over to see what was going on, then move off and I could work at whatever profile was offered. They are constantly moving, grazing, looking up when they heard a noise, and in general being very helpful. Lovable creatures that they are, some would come and nuzzle my shoulder trying to get special attention. At times this would even interfere with my work, so I climbed through the corral to continue my sculpting without too much attention. (2016)
Dimensions: 13 inches from nose to rump & 11 inches is the height at withers.
Notes: This maquette was done in the process of designing a future project. The vision was to sculpt a double-over-life sculpture of a horse on which would be numerous relief carvings of the use of horses in history. These would include agriculture, military, pleasure, sports, and transportation. At the present, my plan is to cast this piece in this scale and offer it to horse lovers. No attempt was made to portray a particular breed, lest any horse owners might feel celebrated or left out. So it is truly a generic breed. My aim was to portray an elegant, proud, spirited animal that would please everyone.
I modeled the sculpture by sometimes setting myself up in a pasture where horses were grazing. Being curious creatures, they ambled over to see what was going on, then move off and I could work at whatever profile was offered. They are constantly moving, grazing, looking up when they heard a noise, and in general being very helpful. Lovable creatures that they are, some would come and nuzzle my shoulder trying to get special attention. At times this would even interfere with my work, so I climbed through the corral to continue my sculpting without too much attention. (2016)
Study for the Horse in History (right side)
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: 13 inches from nose to rump & 11 inches is the height at withers.
Notes: This maquette was done in the process of designing a future project. The vision was to sculpt a double-over-life sculpture of a horse on which would be numerous relief carvings of the use of horses in history. These would include agriculture, military, pleasure, sports, and transportation. At the present, my plan is to cast this piece in this scale and offer it to horse lovers. No attempt was made to portray a particular breed, lest any horse owners might feel celebrated or left out. So it is truly a generic breed. My aim was to portray an elegant, proud, spirited animal that would please everyone.
I modeled the sculpture by sometimes setting myself up in a pasture where horses were grazing. Being curious creatures, they ambled over to see what was going on, then move off and I could work at whatever profile was offered. They are constantly moving, grazing, looking up when they heard a noise, and in general being very helpful. Lovable creatures that they are, some would come and nuzzle my shoulder trying to get special attention. At times this would even interfere with my work, so I climbed through the corral to continue my sculpting without too much attention. (2016)
Dimensions: 13 inches from nose to rump & 11 inches is the height at withers.
Notes: This maquette was done in the process of designing a future project. The vision was to sculpt a double-over-life sculpture of a horse on which would be numerous relief carvings of the use of horses in history. These would include agriculture, military, pleasure, sports, and transportation. At the present, my plan is to cast this piece in this scale and offer it to horse lovers. No attempt was made to portray a particular breed, lest any horse owners might feel celebrated or left out. So it is truly a generic breed. My aim was to portray an elegant, proud, spirited animal that would please everyone.
I modeled the sculpture by sometimes setting myself up in a pasture where horses were grazing. Being curious creatures, they ambled over to see what was going on, then move off and I could work at whatever profile was offered. They are constantly moving, grazing, looking up when they heard a noise, and in general being very helpful. Lovable creatures that they are, some would come and nuzzle my shoulder trying to get special attention. At times this would even interfere with my work, so I climbed through the corral to continue my sculpting without too much attention. (2016)
Sculpting the Bust of Junita Kirby
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: Life-size
Notes: Jake at work!
Dimensions: Life-size
Notes: Jake at work!
Hug 2 (front view)
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: 9" high
Notes: This is just a rough sketch of an idea, the first stage that experiments to find out whether this composition would work on a sculpture, for example, 3 feet high. It's basically a playful way of finding out whether it's worth the time and effort to make a much larger sculpture. It is also much easier and faster to experiment on a small scale.
This piece is smaller and different from the marble Hug sculpture in the Stone category.
Dimensions: 9" high
Notes: This is just a rough sketch of an idea, the first stage that experiments to find out whether this composition would work on a sculpture, for example, 3 feet high. It's basically a playful way of finding out whether it's worth the time and effort to make a much larger sculpture. It is also much easier and faster to experiment on a small scale.
This piece is smaller and different from the marble Hug sculpture in the Stone category.
Hug 2 (maquette, side view)
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: 9" high
Notes: This is just a rough sketch of an idea, the first stage that experiments to find out whether this composition would work on a sculpture, for example, 3 feet high. It's basically a playful way of finding out whether it's worth the time and effort to make a much larger sculpture. It is also much easier and faster to experiment on a small scale.
This piece is smaller and different from the marble Hug sculpture in the Stone category.
Dimensions: 9" high
Notes: This is just a rough sketch of an idea, the first stage that experiments to find out whether this composition would work on a sculpture, for example, 3 feet high. It's basically a playful way of finding out whether it's worth the time and effort to make a much larger sculpture. It is also much easier and faster to experiment on a small scale.
This piece is smaller and different from the marble Hug sculpture in the Stone category.
Dancing Girl (maquette)
Medium: Modeling Clay
Dimensions: 9.5" high
Notes: This piece was created after I saw a charming picture in a magazine of a girl ballerina doing a curtsey. I made this plasticine sketch with a the girl's eyes closed - as they were in the magazine picture. When I enlarged the sculpture to just under life size, it lacked life. I realized it was due to the eyes being closed. When I opened her eyes, the piece came to life! (Later I made an 6 X enlargement to just under life-size, I changed some proportions, including opening her eyes.) Incidentally, this piece is a rough sketch for a sculpture that later became the Bronze figure of Grace. (See the Bronze section.)
Dimensions: 9.5" high
Notes: This piece was created after I saw a charming picture in a magazine of a girl ballerina doing a curtsey. I made this plasticine sketch with a the girl's eyes closed - as they were in the magazine picture. When I enlarged the sculpture to just under life size, it lacked life. I realized it was due to the eyes being closed. When I opened her eyes, the piece came to life! (Later I made an 6 X enlargement to just under life-size, I changed some proportions, including opening her eyes.) Incidentally, this piece is a rough sketch for a sculpture that later became the Bronze figure of Grace. (See the Bronze section.)
Memorial to Victims of Violence
Medium: Modeling Clay
Height: 2 ft.
A committee was struck in Winnipeg in 1994 that called for designs for a memorial to homophobic violence. I elected to create a sculptural submission, which was welcomed. The committee subsequently dissolved and nothing was done in spite of 11 designs having been submitted. In due course this design will be used to create a much larger piece, and then cast in manmade stone or bronze. (1995)
Height: 2 ft.
A committee was struck in Winnipeg in 1994 that called for designs for a memorial to homophobic violence. I elected to create a sculptural submission, which was welcomed. The committee subsequently dissolved and nothing was done in spite of 11 designs having been submitted. In due course this design will be used to create a much larger piece, and then cast in manmade stone or bronze. (1995)
Woman in Grief
Medium: Modelling Clay
Dimensions: 3 H x 3 W x 6 L (inches)
Notes: Part of the Memorial to Victims of Violence, a terra cotta version of this design is currently in progress, which is tree times as large as this model. (1995)
Dimensions: 3 H x 3 W x 6 L (inches)
Notes: Part of the Memorial to Victims of Violence, a terra cotta version of this design is currently in progress, which is tree times as large as this model. (1995)
Man in Horror
Medium: Modelling Clay
Dimensions: 6 H x 4 W x 5 L (inches)
Notes: This figure is part of the "Memorial to Victims to Violence." Not visible in these photographs is an outline of a human body on the back side of the sculpture in the manner a homicide is often marked by police officers. A terra cotta version of this design is presently in progress. (1994)
Dimensions: 6 H x 4 W x 5 L (inches)
Notes: This figure is part of the "Memorial to Victims to Violence." Not visible in these photographs is an outline of a human body on the back side of the sculpture in the manner a homicide is often marked by police officers. A terra cotta version of this design is presently in progress. (1994)
Steel - Abstract: Selected Work
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