Thursday, June 15, 2017

Sculpture of Fred Douglass to appear on TV show about Versace MurderI have had some interesting inquires lately. First I was contacted by the set designers for the TV show "Scandal" asking if they could rent my bronze sculpture "Fierce" (Harriet Tubman) for one of their set of "Scandal". Very interesting but after they reviewed the various options for their set design they ended up not going in that direction. Shame, it would have been very cool to see my bronze sculpture of Harriet Tubman on TV. Then I was contacted by 21 Century Fox's FX TV Studio. They were interested in purchasing a casting of my original ceramic sculpture bust of Frederick Douglass "The Orator". I had a client already committed to purchasing a casting and I agreed to do an edition of 10 cast in Forton with this client reserving #1/10. The studio agreed to buy #2/10 of "The Orator" for the set of their upcoming 10-episode "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" for their show American Crime Story. They began filming the series on location at the Versace mansion in Miami in April and have pushed the release date up to Season 2 instead of Season 3. It ended up being a rush to get the mold made and cast the bust in Forton, duplicate the patina and overnight air-ship the sculpture to Miami but it was very interesting to work with Fox/FX to get this done in time for filming. Below are photos showing the process of making the casting. I was very pleased with how the casting came out. It's always nerve-wracking to work on a tight deadline - but this was exceedingly tight with a movie set counting on the work being there on time. The mold and casting came out great and once the patina added it was identical to the original. In the photos below I show the process and the final outcome. There wasn't time to set up my photography equipment so I just snapped some shots with my phone in the studio. The patina was damaged on the original sculpture during the mold-making but is something that I can repair later. The Frederick Douglass casting is available to purchase $1500. Call or email me for more information. - See more at: http://www.kiplingerpandy.com/blog/fred-douglass-sculpture-on.html#sthash.yfEBgPSN.dpuf

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 I have had some interesting inquires lately. First I was contacted by the set designers for the TV show "Scandal" asking if t...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Original clay sculpture of boy reading comics at foundry

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 "Sunday Comics" 16" bronze edition of 10 - Release Date 7/23/2017  This was such an enjoyable commission to do. I love h...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Commission sculpture of little boy reading Sunday Comics

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I am working on a new commissioned sculpture for a library. A woman wanted to make a donation in memory of her husband, a life-long lover...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

A New DIY clay warmer

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After a bit of thinking and searching the internet for ideas, I decided to try out a foot warming pad because it is very energy efficie...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Wax Chasing in the morning...

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Now that the big show is finished it's time to catch up on the work that backlogged. I ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Big Tex Commission Sculpture

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I received a commission from the Texas State Fair to sculpt an award to be cast in bronz...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Ten minutes of looking....

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The first ten minutes of work....I hate waiting and when I see a problem I want to jump in and fix it immediately.  Or if an area isn...
Saturday, April 2, 2016

Sculpting Sacagawea

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I've been posting to my webpage blog and forgetting to post here too. So I'll combine a few of my web posts for you here. Sta...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Starting a horse sculpture

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Because I won First Place and Purchase Award with "Eleanor" at the Scottsdale Artists' School Best & Brightest ...
Friday, January 8, 2016

Sketching in clay to warm up or study

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Most people think of pencils when they think of sketching, however ...
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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Eleanor wins 1st Place Sculpture and Purchase Award Scottsdale...

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"Eleanor" was chosen by the judges as First Place in Sculpture for this year’s Best & Brightest Show at Scottsdale Artists ...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Starting Bas Relief Medallion Commission

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I received a commission to sculpt a bas relief medallion about 24" x 24"...
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