In April, 2025, the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta contacted me to inquire about making a cast in bronze of their Komodo dragon skull currently on display.After some discussion I agreed to do this, with the provision that I could cast a second copy for myself as my submission to the Alberta Craft Council […]
I intend to make two special owl sculptures over the next number of months.One sculpture will be of a barn owl and the other will be of two horned owls. These sculptures will be cast in a few different editions. One edition will be cast as individual traditional dark patina bronzes. With a traditional bronze […]
This is yet another sculpture in my amethyst and bronze series of work.After cutting the bottom from one of the amethyst geodes I have from Sidi Rahal I put the geode away for some time waiting for inspiration as to how it might be used in my art.This geode, as you can see, has a […]
I recently thought to create another sculpture in my amethyst and bronze series of work. This sculpture portrays two small birds sitting on a twig.I have chosen to set the work on residue amethyst I cut from the geode used for my Encased sculpture with the bronze stallion. This cut amethyst has a crystal depression […]
I am about to create another amethyst sculpture. This time it is with amethyst flowers.A few days ago I finished my Encased Stallion sculpture. When creating this work I had thought to place the bronze stallion in front of the amethyst geode and have bronze cast flowers inside the geode, but this didn’t work. The […]
I had originally thought to call this piece “Chuck’s Amethyst Mine”. But I changed my mind.This sculpture is named for Chuck McBride, a fellow in California who seeks out and explores old gold mines from the California gold rush days (1848-1855). We first corresponded when I was seeking reference material on old mining carts for […]
Some time ago I cut an amethyst geode for another miner sculpture.A helpful person at the Calgary Rock and Lapidary club where I cut the stone suggested that the residue piece from the cut would make a perfect den for an animal. Accordingly, as I had just finished my Three Bears sculpture, it was an […]
I am making another another western stallion piece in my amethyst and bronze sculpture series.Some time ago I was fortunate to acquire a new amethyst geode from Sidi Rahal that is spectacularly intricate. It is fragile. I cut off the bottom so as to make a base for mounting the stone. I then set three […]
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 new […]
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 Wa […]
