For months, I have been telling everyone that I would create a large sculpture for a show at The Cave in Vancouver this September. The intended scale will be about 6’ tall. My logic is simple. If I tell everyone I’m doing this, I can’t back out. It’s all part of my visualization process. Sketches […]
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The PNWS 2023 Group Show in Newport, OR is a Resounding Success!
54 exciting and beautiful sculptures created by 31 PNWS members are now showing at the Runyan Gallery in the Newport Visual Arts Center (NVAC) right on Nye Beach on the Oregon coast. Our show “Into the Depths” opened Friday June 2, with an evening reception and continues through July 29th, so invite your friends and […]
June Member meeting – June 24th 3PM
This month we will be meeting at Joe Hifills place on 8565 SW 80th Ave, Portland, OR 97223. Out of towners online meeting details are: Microsoft Teams meeting. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting In 2000, sculptor Joseph Highfill, along with a small group of contemporary […]
IS Day PDX 2023 was a Magical Evening!
Oh what a fun group! International Sculpture Day is a blast every year, and this year may have been the most fun of all! On April 29th we gathered at SCRAP, with many wearable sculptures partly built, and curiosity as to what they could become. As we looked though all of their cheap and quirky […]
New Work!
Making this “Wise One” has been a deepening experience. Getting up close to really see the details of this Great Horned Owl and his intense eyes, brought a sense of awe while scratching into the glass. I combined several reference photos to create this image, and visualized trees as feathers in the chest, which follow the shape of […]
Upcoming Online Workshop in May!
Upcoming Online Workshop in May! Presented by Silvera Jewelry School Explore new Ground – Enameling on Steel Forms with Alisa Looney Four Tuesdays, May 9, 2023 – May 30, 2023; 2:00PM – 5:30PM PT (Pacific Time) – Online Do you have a desire to add glass enamel imagery or marks to steel forms? Curious how to begin […]
International Sculpture Day 2023 at PDX Scrap
The time spent was marvelous and a video is available here to see what Scrap is all about and how our members had fun creating.
Who’s Doing What: May 2023
A few examples of what members have been creating in the past month.