Showing posts with label egyptian sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egyptian sculpture. Show all posts
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A Sculptor's Tools
Here is a selection of my wooden modelling and finishing tools. I like to have beautiful tools as they inspire me. Many of these I spent hours carving, finishing, sanding, and sealing to make the perfect tool. These tools are carved from jet black African ebony, cocobolo, purpleheart, rosewood.
Ebony is my favorite wood to carve tools from as it is incredibly dense and almost entirely without pitted grain. It sands to a glass finish! Ebony is not to EVER be dropped as it snaps into pieces on impact, being so dense and fine grained.
Some of these tools are from estate auctions. For years I would hunt for the old world, well-made tools at auction. Some of my tools are initialed by bygone sculptors, and some belonged to my teachers, such as the late Laci Degerenday and his wife Elisabeth Gordon Chandler. The tiny tool at the bottom was purchased from their estate and to me represents the sweet tradition of passing the torch.
Ebony is my favorite wood to carve tools from as it is incredibly dense and almost entirely without pitted grain. It sands to a glass finish! Ebony is not to EVER be dropped as it snaps into pieces on impact, being so dense and fine grained.
Some of these tools are from estate auctions. For years I would hunt for the old world, well-made tools at auction. Some of my tools are initialed by bygone sculptors, and some belonged to my teachers, such as the late Laci Degerenday and his wife Elisabeth Gordon Chandler. The tiny tool at the bottom was purchased from their estate and to me represents the sweet tradition of passing the torch.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Update on the Mad Faience Project
There are 13 days remaining in the pledge drive for the Mad Faience Project. There are many who have expressed interest in pledging. Pledging now will encourage others to pledge too. Pledge today to receive great rewards (art prints, original works of art, etc).
Click here to visit the fundraiser page and pledge
Click here to visit the fundraiser page and pledge
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Mad Faience Project Facebook Fan Page
Hello friends! The Mad Faience Project now has a facebook fan page! You may visit it by
Please check back for discussions and updates. And once again, your enthusiastic support is critical, so tell a friend or two, or post a link on your facebook page!
Cheers!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Fundraising to Create New Sculptures in a Lost Egyptian Material
Dear friends, I am pleased to announce the 20 day soft launch of my Kickstarter project, entitled "The Mad Faience Project." This is a fundraiser project for my research in ancient Egyptian sculpture materials.
I will be raising $10,000 over 30 days in order to further my research by creating the first detailed figure sculptures in faience since ancient Egypt.
This 20 day "soft launch" is for the express purpose of getting the word out there before the "actual launch" next month! During this soft launch I will be getting the word out as much as possible, and generating press articles. I will be answering questions about my project here on my blog, on my kickstarter project page and I will also create a Facebook fan page.
Please spread the word and please check out my project!
Click here to visit my project page!
I will be raising $10,000 over 30 days in order to further my research by creating the first detailed figure sculptures in faience since ancient Egypt.
This 20 day "soft launch" is for the express purpose of getting the word out there before the "actual launch" next month! During this soft launch I will be getting the word out as much as possible, and generating press articles. I will be answering questions about my project here on my blog, on my kickstarter project page and I will also create a Facebook fan page.
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