Sculpting on a sunny day at Evergreen Aviation
Contributed by Susan Gallacher-Turner
Torches were lit. Cement dust was flying. Wax was melting on the pancake griddle. Glue was drying and screening was bent into shape as seven members of the guild demonstrated their work at Evergreen Aviation on Saturday, July 10th.
Carole Murphy worked on her cement sculpture and encouraged visitors to try their hand at sculpting this unique material.
Carole Murphy at Evergreen Aviation
Rick Gregg and Lyn Simon shared torches under one tent. Rick Gregg demonstrated his sculptural metal welding while Lyn Simon showed all the different patina colorations on steel and copper.
Rick Gregg at Evergreen Aviation
Lyn Simon at Evergreen Aviation
In another tent, Renee Oberdorf melted different colors of wax on a pancake griddle, and then painted in layers on a wood background demonstrating the sculptural qualities of encaustic.
Renee Oberdorf at Evergreen Aviation
Fortunato Ramirez dipped paper in glue and placed it in layers on large glass circles which he uses as molds for his paper mache’ sculptures.
Fortunato Ramirez and Carole Murhpy
Susan Gallacher-Turner bent screening and pushed into copper sheeting to demonstrate her sculptural mask making and copper repousse’ work. Inside the IMAX building, Stephan Seable set up a children’s clay area, where he worked with young visitors introducing them to his favorite sculpture medium.
Susan Gallacher-Turner at Evergreen Aviation
It was a sunny Saturday, a little windy, a little warm, but still good weather for demonstrating. If you’ve never done a demonstration before, give it a try next time the chance comes up. It’s a great way to show and tell people about your work, get to know other artists in the guild and learn some new techniques, too. The demos were done in conjunction with the PNWS group show at Evergreen Aviation IMAX building. The show runs through July 19th on the second floor and is open during IMAX hours. And it’s free.