Articles on Creating Sculpture
This selection of articles by members of Pacific Northwest Sculptors covers a variety of sculpture topics, sculpture processes, sculpture critiques and issues related to contemporary and traditional sculpture. Members of Pacific Northwest Sculptors share insights and perspectives through these articles and through live demonstrations and classes.
Monthly Conversations Continue
Our informal Zoom conversations lost momentum during the summer months, but now that the weather has changed, we’re starting up again. Check…
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt at The Portland Art Museum
Oct 16, 2021 – Jan 16, 2022 Nefertari’s tomb had been raided. The “good” stuff was gone. The sarcophagus lid was smashed…
PNWS at Art in the Pearl
Our members have become an annual attraction at Art in the Pearl. This year included a few new faces. Demonstrators included Tony…
Making Aliens
So, you feel a need to make creatures. Hopefully the following will assist you in pursuing this ambition. Then again you may…
Upcoming Member Meeting Opportunities
Our monthly meetings are an opportunity to share, learn, connect and build alliances. We have a broad range of members. Each has…
President’s Message: New Show Opportunities for PNWS Members
We have several excellent show opportunities taking shape: Newport Visual Arts Center, Oregon Society of artists, and Columbia Center for the Arts…
Bringing Sculpture to Future Frontiers in New Collaborative Project
Scott Price – What if your sculpture could be seen anywhere, at any time? What if your sculpture could be experienced from…
Virtual Reception for “Emergence” Exhibit
Pacific Northwest Sculptors hosted a virtual for the “Emergence” online sculpture exhibit. View the recorded event. The reception celebrated the first online…
Curator’s Statement: Emergence 2021
View the complete exhibit. Richard Speer This exhibition’s theme, “Emergence,” conjures the conundrum of expectation. We had by this late date hoped…
Help Shape the Future of Portland’s Public Monuments
The Portland Monuments & Memorials Project, organized by Convergr45 is coordinating the “Prototypes” show. The project is managing conversations around proposed sculptures…
PNWS Members Lead Local Sculpture Activities
PNWS members are sharing their knowledge, selling work, earning commissions and recruiting students through a series of local activities. Here are some…
Art Saves Lives
Culture could save the Planet
I have posted here previously about broadening Culture, the challenge of racism and the concept of “de-colonization”…
Plans in progress for our first Virtual Sculpture Show
The pandemic isn’t over yet. While a few galleries are hosting shows, we plan to display our members’ work through our own…
Posting to your Member Profile
Creating Posts on your Member Profile page
Members familiar with the Member Profile page are aware of the tab that displays posts created by that member. Until now, members needed to know how to…
Recognizing International Sculpture Day 2021
by Andy Kennedy In the tradition of York and Sacajawea, PNWS 2021 International Sculpture Day (IS Day) was a pioneering experience. A…
Cartoon Sculpture: A Publishing Quandary
The goal of any cartoonist is to get published. When that happens the publisher will reproduce the drawing and distribute it. Ink…
The Shape of Sculpture’s Future: 3D Imagery
After years working online, up to my eyeballs in technology, I really appreciate the tactile sensation of hands-on work. It’s the fundamental…
PNWS International Sculpture Day – Participant Bios
The live stream Zoom event will include observations by the following leadership from Helensview School, OSA and interviews with members of Pacific Northwest Sculptors.
PNWS International Sculpture Day 2021 – ‘Unrecognized’
A space for possibilities opened up when an anonymous sculptor installed a portrait of an American Pioneer on Mt. Tabor…
New Sculpture Park seeks Pacific Northwest Sculptors to Exhibit
Price Sculpture Forest on Whidbey Island near Seattle is preparing to open soon. Infrastructure is already in place, including professionally constructed walking…
Space is the Place
Reflections on Meditation and Sculpture Process Recently, my meditation practice expanded into my clay studio. There was a spontaneous notion to stop…
Spatial Relations: Seeing 3D Form in the Void
Humans have a natural ability to see and recognize things. You see something and your brain immediately matches the image to a…
Ben Sams – A Nearly Forgotten Genius in Modern Ceramic Sculpture
Reprint of Zig Lambo’s article from the Art and Museum magazine spring 2019
Bronze Sculptor Shifts Gears to Explore Collaborative Opportunities
Many PNWS members know me as a bronze sculptor involved exclusively with narrative bronzes. But there is another side bubbling up that…
Local Sculptors Attend 29th International Sculpture Center Conference
The Multifaceted Maker: An incredible adventure into the work and minds of both International and local sculptors! Alisa Looney Although I have…