Newmaguma: More On That Later......

Recently, I have had the opportunity to get my hands back into some clay.  So I've decided to start making some faces/masks/heads for some upcoming sculptures I plan to create.

A few more.

I'm hoping to combine the ceramic faces/masks/heads with wood/mixed media bodies.  More on that later....

Remember allinitogether from this past Summer at The Figge Art Museum? When we took it down over the Labor Day weekend, I saved several of the panels so they could be re-purposed for some sculptures I want to build.

Some of the panels have been reused to create bases.  I cut down the sheets of plywood and laminate them together to create a heavy base to help anchor the sculptures.

There is a reasonable chance that I will put Bondo on them to give them a more 'crusty metal' look.  More on that later as well.........

I have also started to create the figures.  The texture on this one is a combination of plaster, and then a coat of paint/cement mixture (see my previous post XXXXXXXXXXXX).

The sections/fragments of the other panels will be used to make bases of a different sort......

But, more on that later.......

Buddhistikal Goodness: Bob Schultz Style

Just outside my Fine Arts office is Bob Schultz's studio.  Bob has a solo exhibition coming up at Living Arts in Tulsa, Oklahoma (check them out: http://www.livingarts.org/) Bob is consistently in his studio making work, but right now he  has been feverishly creating pieces specifically for the show.  Everyday I get to see his progress when I open my office door.  Check it out for yourself.

Bob is making what he calls Buddha-Bear/Buddha-Buddies.

Here are a few shots of his studio.

To get the look of a fabric-wrapped figure, Bob actually wraps his sculptures in a cotton sheet (which as been thoroughly coated with a thick clay slip with deflockulant (which helps the clay flow easier)).  The sheet burns away during the firing process, but leaves behind the fired clay (which holds all of the folds and draping of the sheet).

A few 'installation shots' to close out this post.

In a couple upcoming posts, I'll show some of the work other artists create for The Moengo Festival of Visual Arts in Suriname.