This category shows how I cast bronze figurines, bronze sculptures, and other bronze curios. These are my Work-In-Progress postings.
A week ago I purchased a walnut slab, 2 inches thick, 13 inches wide, and 4 feet long. Four prime pieces of walnut were cut from this slab and shaped to be used as bases for forthcoming sculptures. At the moment I am in a creative mood and looking forward to finishing a number of […]
I have begun to cast another of my PKKing resin kit models, Nu Wa. This casting is as significant as my previous Baphomet sculpture and Yan Wu sculpture, both also created by PKKing. These also go with my Sturgeon King resin model that I created in 2011when I purchased all my other PKKing kits. Nu […]
I recently finished a new sculpture, known as The Three Bears. This is another sculpture in my series of work where I tend to portray my bronze castings in settings with amethyst geodes. The bears were given a black patina and set on walnut. Coincident with this, I cut one of my amethyst geodes the […]
It has been a long time since I have provided a casting update. The last exhibition I did was Art Market in 2022. At that time I realized that the world had changed. People are worried about inflation and the increased cost of living. Until such time as prices and wages settle this is not […]
The Alberta Craft Council has a Call for Entry open at the moment, closing on February 6, 2023, celebrating the adorned, decorated, patterned and ornamented excess. Ornament and Crime is an essay written in 1908 by Adolf Loos, an Austrian architect active in the early 1900’s in Vienna. According to the text in the Call […]
I am making new Western sculptures for the Calgary Stampede Art Gallery in 2023. As I had some success showing my sculptures at the Calgary Stampede last year, I am creating new work for this year. My application is due at the end of January, 2023. I intend to submit my Canadian Moose sculpture, my […]
Over the last few months I have been creating new sculptures for my upcoming Art Market show at the Telus Convention Centre November 17-20, 2022. My work has transitioned to larger and more complex sculpture. Two of my new sculptures are based on dolphins and the other two are based on a cast of Lilith, […]
I will be at Calgary’s premier art and craft sale, Art Market in the Telus Convention Centre, November 17-20, 2022. This craft sale provides four days of amazing shopping with some of the best art and craft that Canada has to offer. Two of my most significant bronze castings, never before seen, will be on […]
I am now finishing the base to my Baphomet sculpture. With Covid-19 my shipping costs have increased and it has taken some time to order and receive the bronze casting grain and brazing solder that I required for this stage of the work. The wax models were much too big to cast as a whole […]
It’s been some time since I have posted a new work-in-progress blog entry. I was waiting for delivery of additional silicon bronze to complete my Baphomet sculpture and while waiting I completed a new Serpent sculpture and a new Mining Cart sculpture. I am now casting two new music sculptures, the first of which is […]
