Fostering Sculptural Arts And Community Awareness
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2011
Submitted by PNWS member Jim Talt John transformed 1400 lbs of raw stone into a life size figurative work during 4 days at the Silver Falls symposium. He worked non stop, resting only occasionally. Once a day all symposium attendees would gather and John would share his experiences and reflections on stone sculpting. This 11 minute video captures [...]
Posted in Shows & Exhibitions, Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2011
Here are some photos for those of you that couldn’t make the Lake Oswego Festival. I want you to know that I risked life and limb to capture several of these shots. The festival prohibits all photography in or near the art exhibits so I clicked these photos and then ran for my life when discovered. [...]
Posted in PNWS Meetings, Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2011
If you didn’t make the meeting you missed some fine friends and art talk not to mention food and …. glorious sun. Our host Nicky Falkenhayn has a newly constructed studio attached to her home that includes a high roll-up glass door for sunny days like today. Nicky gave us an interesting talk on her sculpture that [...]
Posted in Shows & Exhibitions, Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2011
Submitted by PNWS member Jim Talt Helen and I visited San Antonio during spring break. After several days consuming our body weight in fine food, chips, salsa, and green beer along the River Walk, we left the crowds to follow the calming river path to the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA). SAMA is [...]
Posted in Education, Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2010
Contributed by PNWS sculptor Susan Gallacher-Turner Over last 15 years, I’ve worked in many schools doing art projects with children. I’ve taught Art Literacy, mask making, drawing, painting, clay and Dramatic Arts. I always envisioned combining my love of art and writing in one project that would bring literacy into the classroom in a whole new [...]
Posted in Techie: Web, Blog, Digital, Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2010
Contributed by Pacific Northwest sculptor Ken Patton I thought it would be fun to make time-lapse videos of the processes of creating art. A potential buyer could view the video on YouTube showing the actual piece they are interested in during its creative processes. I investigated my cameras and found that none of them had a time lapse feature [...]
Posted in Art & Processes, Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2010
Contributed by PNWS sculptor Patrick Gracewood Creating commercial sculpture means making art that works within the requirements, deadlines and budget of your client. I was approached by the Oregon Association of Nuseries to work with landscape designer Iftikhar Ahmed to create two large relief sculpture for the Farwest Show. The relief panels needed to be large [...]