A Black Bear in a Hollow Never saw a bear in a tree. Yes, up in a tree. But not inside of a tree. So you see, this is what is said to be….. a “stretch”. Stretching, as in terms of stretching the truth as it were. Because though unlikely, it is not beyond the […]
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Owl of Minuscule Import “And Moonglow Is his Name-O”. OK, you might need to be nearly as old as me, to know the song that phrase references. And really the only tie-in of the phrase, to my owl, would be,…or could be… “cute”. As I mentioned earlier in an earlier post, the point of this effort, this sculpture,
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The Tail of the Squirrel Because what would a Squirrel be without a tail? Truly the tail is the most distinctive part of this critter. Without it he would not be able to leap between buildings with a single bound. And lets face it, he would just not be a squirrel. That proportionately large
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“Some Bear” Gets His Debut “Some bear” sculpture was a spontaneous whim. He quite abruptly materialized in my mind while I was pondering what I might fit into this piece of wood. Conceived from the same fantasy of animals talking to each other when no human is around to hear them speak. I imagined a
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Some Bear is Getting Hair Final stage of figurative sculpture is always the detail. This now, is happening in the way of hair texture, eyes and toes on my bear with a diamond cutting tool bit via a Dremel Rotary Tool. The process is slow and tedious, while sometimes I find myself working between breaths.
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Arriving at a Bear Sculpting uses and uncertain process to arrive at an indistinct destination Some Bear , my current sculpture in Progress, has now obtained the stature of a bear. I like this stage in doing sculpture because it is for me the involving. The entire concept turns the corner at this point.
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Visualizing in a Liquid Array Way Freezing a bear doesn’t hut the bear. Animals are called animals for a reason. Because they can animate. Move about freely. As subjects of visual art, it becomes necessary to stop the motion for purposes of composition. This can be done many times, through the use of photographs
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Squirrel Gets Brilliance My squirrel sculpture is having its finish (wood sealer) applied. The sealer darkens the wood some turning it to a deeper tone. In the case of red oak this means a transition from a cream color to a rich amber, or golden color. After application, the sealer has to be sanded between
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Squirrel Fur When I put hair on wildlife sculpture it is more of an effort to simulate the hair. Carving actual hair would be impossible. A solid material will never look like hair or fur no matter how it is carved. Wood is wood, and hair is hair. So the challenge becomes in creating the
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The Ubiquitous Squirrel There is no creature that I can think of that can move though our environment quite like a squirrel. Most of us at some time perhaps many times try and imagine what it would be like to fly like a bird. But think for a moment what it would be to be
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