tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24251138668726854082024-03-13T07:53:16.754-06:00Lori Kiplinger Pandy SculptureSculpting in fired ceramic clay and oil based clay for bronze sculpture. Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-68435759588731475182017-06-15T21:54:00.000-06:002017-06-15T21:54:10.116-06:00Sculpture 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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 me at (970)310-8233 or email me at Lori@KiplingerPandy.com for more information.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-9132932486846339962017-06-13T21:48:00.001-06:002017-06-13T21:48:40.412-06:00Original clay sculpture of boy reading comics at foundry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Sunday Comics" 16" bronze edition of 10 - Release Date 7/23/2017<br /><br /> This
was such an enjoyable commission to do. I love historical things and my
mother has told me stories of how she and her family gathered around
the all-important radio to hear their special shows. She grew up on a
dairy farm in Ohio during the Great Depression and World War II and the
radio, especially in remote farm areas was a life-line to the world, the
news and was often a source of comfort and company. The woman who
commissioned this bronze is honoring her husband and his passion for
reading and their local library. He actually learned to read by
listening to the radio announcer reading the Sunday Funny papers. This
is the clay original - the 'paper' is sculpted in wax and has cartoons
etched into the surface.<br /><br />The sculpture measures 16" long and is
currently at the foundry being cast in a bronze edition of 10. It will
be mounted onto a shaped hardwood base with a turntable on the bottom
for rotation of the finished sculpture. The first of this bronze edition
of "Sunday Comics" is going to the Walker Branch Library in Walker,
Michigan.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-27705872451155396902017-04-05T10:39:00.002-06:002017-04-05T10:40:42.157-06:00Commission sculpture of little boy reading Sunday Comics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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 of libraries. Apparently this man learned to read in the 1930's by following along and listening to the radio announcer reading the Sunday comics. The sculpture will be about 16" long and feature a young boy reading newspaper comics to the radio laying on a braided rug. I will be taking a bit of artistic license, making the radio and newspaper a tad smaller than actual size for the sake of composition and story-telling. <br />
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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 of
libraries. Apparently this man learned to read in the 1930's by
following along and listening to the radio announcer reading the Sunday
comics. The sculpture will be about 16" long and feature a young boy
reading newspaper comics to the radio laying on a braided rug. I will be
taking a bit of artistic license, making the radio and newspaper a tad
smaller than actual size for the sake of composition and story-telling. -
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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 of
libraries. Apparently this man learned to read in the 1930's by
following along and listening to the radio announcer reading the Sunday
comics. The sculpture will be about 16" long and feature a young boy
reading newspaper comics to the radio laying on a braided rug. I will be
taking a bit of artistic license, making the radio and newspaper a tad
smaller than actual size for the sake of composition and story-telling. -
See more at:
http://kiplingerpandy.com/blog/new-commission-sculpture.html#sthash.qJsEr8oG.dpuf</div>
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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 of
libraries. Apparently this man learned to read in the 1930's by
following along and listening to the radio announcer reading the Sunday
comics. The sculpture will be about 16" long and feature a young boy
reading newspaper comics to the radio laying on a braided rug. I will be
taking a bit of artistic license, making the radio and newspaper a tad
smaller than actual size for the sake of composition and story-telling. -
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I'm behind in my blog so I had to combine posts for this sculpture work in progress. I started the project with this sketch and when approved I cut up my clay (Jmac Classic) and placed it on the warming mat to soften. Next I built the wire armature to scale.</div>
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After that I began cutting small strips of flattened clay and braiding the clay to make the oval rug.</div>
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First I add clay for the boy and block in all the forms. Once the basic anatomy, form and proportions are in place I will go back in and start refining the boy.</div>
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-56737175544587284912016-12-21T13:30:00.001-07:002016-12-21T13:31:17.713-07:00A New DIY clay warmer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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 efficient and also likely to be safer than the lightbulb method. <br />
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So I ordered a foot warmer and finally a hi/low plug to control the temp a bit and it's working out great.<br />
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First I ordered the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000079896/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=vig-20" target="_blank">foot warming pad off Amazon</a> to try out. It only draws 90 watts with a temp of 130 degrees. After using it a bit I found that 130˚ is a bit too high and I would alternate between pad on and pad off once the clay got too warm. Since it was working well, I went ahead and ordered the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FOPQQI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=vig-20" target="_blank">hi/low plug attachment from Amazon.</a> I only used it a couple of days and already know it was a good addition. Once the clay reaches a toasty temp on Hi I turn it to Low to keep it warm without melting. <br />
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All in all, I'm very pleased with this new system. I place tinfoil on the heating pad and then arrange chunks of clay on the foil- as I take warm clay off the pad, I drop more cold clay onto the pad. <br />
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It does take a bit longer for the pad to warm up the clay than the light-bulb, but it is more consistent without the burning/melting hotspots. Only real drawback is that the clay really needs to be in direct contact with the pad surface so you are more limited in the amount of clay you can warm at a time. In the future I may try putting the pad into a styrofoam box to trap the ambient heat and put in more clay but for the moment and for the cost, this is working quite well. Especially in winter in Colorado it is so much nicer to sculpt with buttery-warm oil-based clay than hard chunks.<br />
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After years of using my original clay warmer hot box, I decided I wanted to try something new and more energy efficient. Plus, while the styrofoam hot box works really well, it can sometimes work too well, especially for softer clays like Chavant's Clayette in Soft and cause them to melt or have hot spots that can burn your hands if you aren't careful.</div>
Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-12111892509987674972016-10-25T15:52:00.000-06:002016-10-25T15:52:00.712-06:00Wax Chasing in the morning...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Now that the big show is finished it's time to catch
up on the work that backlogged. I have a new wax of "Bareback Bookworm"
on my desk that I need to finish chasing so it can get to the foundry
and also need a new wax pour made for "Do you know me still?" Both of
these are going to be in the 2016 Women Artists of the West 46th
National Exhibition and the American Women Artists 2016 Annual Master
and Signature Show.<br />
One handy though expensive tool is my Kerr
Ultra Waxer 2. You can purchase a variety of heads to plug into either
of the two hot tool handles and you can also dial in different temps for
both of them. Additionally you can heat metal tools using an alcohol
torch burner to cut, melt and manipulate the wax.<br />
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wax castings really come as perfect replicas of your original clay and I
can often spend 6-10 hours on a wax - resculpting areas that are
missing or marred by bubbles and other problems not to mention the seams
that come from the mold.<br />
There is also a large pour spout that
needs to be in the mold in order to have a place to pour the hot wax
into the mold. This is called the sprue and when the wax sprue is cut
off there is a gaping hole and needs to be filled and repaired before
the piece is cast in bronze.<br />
Here you see a boot before and after
chasing - filling in missing spots and bubbles, cutting off protrusions
and generally cleaning up the wax.<br />
In the case of the hand and
book (removed from the original clay sculpture and molded and cast
separately) the entire thumb is missing thanks to an air bubble in the
wax casting. That means that I will melt and attach wax to resculpt the
entire thumb.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-1221482607169107232016-10-24T15:46:00.000-06:002016-10-24T15:46:36.507-06:00Big Tex Commission Sculpture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I received a commission from the Texas State Fair to
sculpt an award to be cast in bronze. It is loosely based off their
iconic monumental <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Big_Tex_2013.jpg" target="_blank">"Big Tex"</a> that welcomes people to the Texas State Fair.<br />
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The finished sculpture is cast in bronze and mounted to Texas limestone base.<br />
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awarded to <a href="http://www.guidelive.com/state-fair/2016/09/30/state-fair-texas-honors-dallas-police-inaugural-pride-texas-award" target="_blank">Chief David Brown of Dallas Police Department</a>.<br />Here is a quick snap of the sculpture in the board room of the Texas State Fair.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-20808309897851726732016-04-02T14:43:00.000-06:002016-04-02T14:43:01.792-06:00Sculpting Sacagawea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Started sculpting Native American <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sacagawea" target="_blank">Sacagawea</a> in <a href="http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/product.asp?Clay" target="_blank">Clayette Soft</a>. This is a really creamy and buttery clay that I would recommend for larger and looser works. I didn't intend to finish this and thought it would be a quick study but I ended up liking it so continued. I feel the clay is far too soft for detailed work this small. In fact I ended up switching to <a href="http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/product.asp?Clay" target="_blank">Jmac medium</a> and hard for the dress and purse details because <a href="http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/product.asp?Clay" target="_blank">Clayette</a> soft was simply too soft for this.<br />
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That said, I really do like the clay a lot. Perhaps medium would have been a better choice for me but I now have a lot of soft on hand. So my next sculpt will be large so I can use it as it was intended.<br />
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I really wanted this sculpture to be about putting myself in Sacagawea's place and feeling what she may have felt. If you remember your history, she was abducted from her Northwest Coastal tribe when a young girl by the Sioux and taken east as a captive. She was eventually married to a French Trapper and just before beginning her adventures with her husband and Lewis and Clark, she had her baby, Pompy.<br />
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So I wanted to capture her expression as she came to realize she was finally home. Surely she felt apprehension, anxiety, hopefulness and happiness all at once. She did, indeed meet with her brother and by accounts it was a joyful reunion.<br />
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The working title for this piece is "Do you know me still?"<br />
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Because I won <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/gallery-types/best-and-brightest-gallery/" target="_blank">First Place and Purchase Award</a> with "Eleanor" at the <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/" target="_blank">Scottsdale Artists' School</a> Best & Brightest Show this year, I received a scholarship to the school for a <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/course-types/adult-programs/workshop-schedule/" target="_blank">workshop</a>.<br />
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This year I had decided that I wanted to branch out from purely portrait and figurative works to include animals and wildlife. It's always a good idea to try to learn and be exposed to new techniques and styles whenever possible too.<br />
<br />With that in mind, I chose a horse sculpting workshop by <a href="http://rodzullo.com/" target="_blank">Rod Zullo</a>. It featured new techniques in armature building, making a portable sculpting stand to take on location and sculpting using silhouette.<br />
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He recommends Jmac Clay in brown but as I had a lot of <a href="http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/product.asp?Clay" target="_blank">Jmac Tan</a> in stock, I chose to use that instead. The bonus was that the cream color of the tan didn't absorb the Arizona heat like the dark brown clay does, so my work didn't melt and sag in the heat like the other clay. Happy accident. I simply like the lighter clay because it is easier on my eyes.<br />
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We started by building a simple but sturdy armature and then went on location for observing and sculpting horses from life. We were very fortunate to go to a lovely estate with some world-class horses to sculpt from.<br />
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After blocking in a simple straight silhouette form of the horse we selected a pose of our choosing and went to work fleshing out the work. While the photos may make the work look larger, this piece is about 22" long, I think. It is currently being crated and shipped from Scottsdale to my studio in Fort Collins so I can continue working on it soon.<br />
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Most people think of pencils when they think of
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getting to work today. This study was sculpted using Chavant Clayette
Soft and as
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flat stick and an old
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The
great thing about 3d
sketching is that is warms you up, allows
you to work on problems and
you can leave it on a shelf to reflect on
for future works or recycle the clay and make something else. It is the
act of the motion, the
thought that was the journey and reward -
the destination and final
results aren't important. That's the
beauty of sketching!<br />
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This is a great way to loosed yourself up and
allow you explore without the commitment of a full piece of work and no
worries about whether you are creating something wonderful or ruining
things by making changes....you know that it temporary and can let go of
the anxiety - something you can't always do if you are working.<br />
I
enjoyed this 30-45 minute study - it gave me time to reflect on the
forms without over-thinking things and I realize how much I miss the
freedom of that. Note to self- take more time for these sketches and
warmups - it just may be the faster road to improvement of your work.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-78266590206767384982016-01-07T08:27:00.000-07:002016-01-08T16:42:22.018-07:00Eleanor wins 1st Place Sculpture and Purchase Award Scottsdale...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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 School. It was also chosen by the school to be this year’s Purchase Award.<br />
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This honor is especially poignant for me because I received a scholarship from the Scottsdale Artist's School to attend a Sandy Scott workshop in 2015 and while there I would sneak into the school early just to peruse the halls, admiring the works on permanent display, photographing them with my iPad and thinking that I would love to have one of my works in those halls one day.<br />
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I am grateful that "Someday" came today.<br />
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Show opens Friday 1/8/2016 with a free and open reception from 5-7pm and runs through 2/27/2016.<br />
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Scottsdale Artists’ School<br />
3720 North Marshall Way<br />
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</a>I received a commission to sculpt a bas relief medallion about 24" x 24". This sculpture will be cast in Forton or Aqua Resin.<br />
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To start, I scaled up my drawing and laid it out on a piece of hard foam.<br />
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Then I traced the shape out onto the foam board using a marker.<br />
Next I used my hot wire tools to cut the foam away. This stuff is toxic so I was careful to work in the garage and wear a mask!<br />
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Once everything was cut out, I drew in some guidelines for the shapes and began carving away using a serrated knife.<br />
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When I had the basic forms started, I refined them using files, rasps and sandpaper to further define the medallion.<br />
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I put on a coat of primer to seal it. This serves two purposes: to keep
the crumbly bits out of the clay and to give an even 'tooth' for the
clay to adhere.<br />
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I'll let this dry overnight and then I'll come back with some warm oil-based clay and begin sculpting over this armature foam.<br />
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winter and here in Colorado, that means a cold studio. Cold clay is not
only really hard on your hands, it is also prone to become brittle and
crumble - not good for working at all.<br />
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So I have a really
inexpensive but quite serviceable clay-warmer that you can make yourself
for under $10 or quite possibly free if you have these things around
your house anyway.<br />
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clipped it onto an Omaha Steaks styrofoam cooler that I got free off
Craigslist. Because the cooler is deep and so insulated, it heats
quickly and evenly. Even in my very cold studio. This is better than the
old cooler that I had because it is deeper the light if further from
the clay and the heat bounces around more so I have more even heating of
the clay without melting or making it too hot to handle.<br />
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use several different brands and types of oil-based clay, I try to keep
the labels with the clay to avoid mixing them up.<br />
I also need to
warm the clay that is already in progress so I keep a 20 year old Black
and Decker heat gun or hair dryer handy. I can warm the clay in the area
that I am working and the oil-based clay will go from extremely hard
and crumbly to buttery soft quite quickly. Hopefully these studio tips
will help you in your sculpting.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-51007831827141371432015-12-08T18:17:00.001-07:002015-12-08T18:17:44.977-07:00Stan the Skeleton moves to my new studio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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room. Tools, boxes, bags of clay, more bags of clay, kiln, molds,
mold-making materials, scales, lights, photo equipment, files and photos,
sinks, buckets, sponges, scrapers, wood, plumbing fixtures, hardware,
tables, pedestals, works in progress....the list goes on.<br />
So does
the moving! I'm STILL in the process of getting my new studio space up
and running full time. Finding the right place for everything is a
challenge. Today's event was moving 150 pounds of clay and my buddy
Stan.<br />
Stan is a life-sized reproduction skeleton (I don't usually
keep the real kind around ;-) that hangs around my studio so I can
reference the anatomy when I'm working on figurative sculpture.<br />
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family isn't very sad to see Stan go. They were never too keen on
coming down to the basement where I was working and running into him. I
really should dress him up more for holidays....perhaps this year a
Santa hat.<br />
Too bad the car windows are tinted.....could have been fun for the other commuters to see Stan in his seatbelt.<br />
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I've been busy moving into a new studio space and casting some bas relief sculptures for the shows that I'm in. I've got a quick peak into the casting process here using my Polytek rubber mold and Aqua Resin. You could also use Forton for this type of casting:<br />
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I have been quite busy moving into my new studio space. My new relief
sculptures have been juried into several shows and I have been casting
them. Here is a quick peak at the process:<br />
1) Set up materials.
I'm using Aqua Resin but sometimes use Forton. I have a gram scale,
disposable cups of several different sizes, gloves to protect my hands,
stir sticks (popsicle sticks work well), a drill with paddle attachment
for mixing. I set up on newspaper for easy clean up when done.<br />
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I have my Polyteck 74-10 mold set up in the plaster/forton mother mold
and have brushed in the first two print coast of Aqua Resin. I do two
print coats to capture all the detail letting each dry before adding the
next. After the first two coats of Aqua Resin have hardened I begin the
laminating process. I mix batches of Aqua Resin (or Forton) and brush
on - then I apply about 10% by weight of fiberglass strand. For the
sides and small detail areas I'll use 1/2" and 1" strand and for the
larger areas I use 3"-4" fiberglass strand. I continue to brush in coats
and add more fiberglass until the entire piece is thick and strong
enough. I build up an area for attaching the hanging wires as the last
coat.<br />
3-4) I let the entire piece rest over night - Forton and
Aqua Resin need a 24 hour cure time in the mold to ensure it is strong
before demolding. I carefully peel the rubber mold from the casting. I
used 2 coats of Polytek 7300 so the piece will release but there is a
fairly strong suction bond that require slow and careful efforts so as
not to put too much pressure on the rubber or delicate areas of the
casting. You can see the strands of fiberglass extending from the
casting as I pull off the rubber.<br />
5) The finished casting is
removed from the mold and washed with soap or degreasing agent to
cleanse the surface of any of the mold release. Next I will use a rasp
to remove the excess flashing and fiberglass from the edges. Then I will
sand those edges smooth before priming the entire piece and starting
the patina.<br />
This bas relief measures 18"w x 24"h x 3"d and the
final casting weighs about 10lbs. I find the process of casting to be
laborious but the finished product is a nice stone-like casting with the
benefit of capturing detail like plaster but having the strength of
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-15089084458923481082015-09-21T11:43:00.000-06:002015-09-21T11:43:42.614-06:00Sculpture donated & sold at Greeley Cattle Baron's Ball - American Cancer Society<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had a brush with breast cancer 10 years ago and continue to be closely monitored. This year my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing treatment.<br />
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Who among us have been untouched by this disease?<br />
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So this year, I donated my bronze sculpture, "Ascension" to the American Cancer Society's annual fundraising benefit, the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=greeley+cattle+baron%27s+ball&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" target="_blank">Greeley Cattle Baron's Ball.</a><br />
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It was a beautiful venue and a lovely Colorado evening and I'm honored that the money raised from the auction of my work will go towards a cure some day.</div>
Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-11555064258920476542015-07-23T13:50:00.000-06:002015-07-23T13:50:36.885-06:00Setting Her Sights accepted to American Women Artists Show in Scottsdale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Setting Her Sights has been accepted into the American Women Artists' 2015 National Juried Exhibition & Annual Member Show, hosted by Bonner David Galleries in<br />Scottsdale, Nov 12-30</div>
Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-5622530926615785742015-07-20T14:40:00.000-06:002015-07-20T14:46:38.782-06:00A Room with a View - working on patina<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some of my new bronzes have come back from the foundry. I am waiting for my appointment with my patina artist for "Two Possible Outcomes" (Least Bittern) however I have chosen to do my own patina for "A Room with a View" shown here.<br /><br />This little tree frog will be mounted to a 4" round tiered hardwood base will measures 5" tall with the base - 4" on his own.<br /><br />Still finishing up the clay for "Knowing Her Strength" bas relief and should be posting photos soon.<br />
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The base for this patina of Verdegris Green is Cupric Chloride and Ammonium Chloride.</div>
Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-9142029631105134462015-07-01T17:19:00.001-06:002015-07-01T17:30:04.370-06:00Starting a new Bas Relief Sculpture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have started a new Bas relief. It measures 18" x 24" x 3" deep and this time I am using Chavant LeBeau Touche - an oil based clay instead of the water-based clay that I had been using. It takes a lot of clay when working larger - I estimate that I currently have about 8 bars of clay ($10 each) on the piece and will probably have another bar of clay added before I'm done.<br />
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To reduce some of the clay, I did cut a foam core board to bulk out the base a bit. While I could have used tinfoil or foam to bulk out the girl and skim coated on the clay, saving $40 or more in clay, I find that I'd rather use the clay because I can carve deeper or make changes easily in the clay, but if there was a foil interior, I would end up digging into that foil and it is harder to make changes as I work. <span data-offset-key="bcbgh-0-0" data-reactid=".21.1:3.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$bcbgh.0:$bcbgh-0-0"><span data-reactid=".21.1:3.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$bcbgh.0:$bcbgh-0-0.0"> </span></span><br />
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Since this is oil-based clay, it sticks quite well to the board so there was no need to make the screw and wire network to support the clay as I did when using water-based clay in the first two Bas relief that I sculpted earlier.<br />
Additionally, since this clay won't dry, it is easier to stop and start without worry about the clay drying out and it won't separate from the board, either.<br />
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I'm just in the blocking in phase now -she will be holding a larkspur flower and have wild horse mustangs in the background. I have never sculpted horses although I used to draw and paint them often so I am really looking forward to this!</div>
Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-55032346036282523662015-05-28T17:22:00.000-06:002015-05-28T17:22:58.945-06:00Chasing and more wax chasing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been busy chasing wax. First it was the new wax for "Waiting on the
#9" that needed to go to the foundry and next it was the new wax for the
Least Bittern sculpt "Two Possible Outcomes". The sculpture is cut into
pieces during the mold-making procedure and the wax is poured and ready
for chasing.<br />
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The process from clay to bronze is long and arduous. You can see that
the wax pour has seam lines where the mold comes together. Sometimes
they are small and easily removed but sometimes they are large and
require hours of work to fix. <br />
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Bubbles are a common problem. I had the foundry pour 3 frogs and each
one had this bubble. I did a test pour at home that I took extra time to
brush the hot wax into the mold before pouring and it yielded better
results with no bubble so I will probably pour the waxes for this
frog...the extra time for me to brush and pour the hot wax was
considerably less than the time it took for me to correct, fill and fix
these imperfections.<br />
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All in all, the wax chasing took quite a bit of time to complete and
return to the foundry - now the next step for them is to start making
the slurry shell. The estimated time for the this to be in bronze is
7/24/15...and it was turned into the foundry on 5/27/15 - as I said - a
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-25129465154763665142015-04-25T12:15:00.000-06:002015-04-25T12:15:10.120-06:00Least Bittern at foundry and offered at precast pricing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have finished the life-sized Least Bittern with green tree frog. I'm still pondering the title of the piece and the predicament of the little green frog but it is currently at the foundry getting the mold made before staring the arduous process of casting in bronze.<br /><br />
This sculpture is of a Least Bittern, smallest of the herons in the U.S., perched upon reeds. This is their common practice for feeding. These little birds are slow-moving and rather than wading like larger herons they take advantage of their smaller size by hiding among the grasses and reeds and perching motionless to hunt with their spearlike bills. Its prey are small fish, insects, freshwater shrimp and yes, frogs.<br />
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This Least Bittern sculpture measures about 14.75" high x 10.5" wide by 11" deep and will be cast in traditional bronze and have a shaped wood base. Currently being offered at pre-cast pricing starting at $2100*. The retail price will be $2800 in a limited edition of 20. <br />
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*Precast pricing is the practice of offering to sell the first of a limited edition of bronze before the offical release date at a discount to help offset the costs of producing a bronze edition.<br />I am offering the following pre-cast discounts: <br />25% discount on #1 of 20<br />20% discount of #2 of 20<br />15% discount of #3 of 20<br />10% disount of #4 of 20<br />5% discount of #5 of 20 <br />Sculptures must be purchased prior to the release date of July 31st. 50% down to pace the order, 50% upon delivery of the sculpture. Money back gurantee on my work. Foundry time is 9-12 weeks from placement of order to delivery of finished bronze.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-59677256426716246732015-04-15T08:08:00.000-06:002015-04-15T08:08:25.495-06:00How to improve your sculpture.....it's all about the silhouette.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The best things about taking workshops are meeting other great sculptors and learning new techniques from a master....or relearning old ones. I am sometimes amazed at important tools of the trade that can be forgotten to be used over the years because you are consumed with a new thought, tool, medium or technique.<br />
<br />While at the Sandy Scott workshop in Scottsdale recently she reminded me of something that I'd known about but hadn't been actively using for some time. I say 'actively' because I was employing this technique without conscious thought, but it is so much more powerful a tool when used with purpose and consistently.<br />
<br />The technique I'm referring to is Silhouetting the Work. Painters may do a value sketch to find the shapes and make the composition stronger but sculptors can employ backlighting. With painting, you make one great value sketch and you're in the homestretch, but sculptors must work from every conceivable angle. People don't just look at a sculpture like they would a painting, from basically one vantage point. They will walk completely around the work, or turn the spinning base, to view it from every angle and that also includes from above or slightly below. That is a lot of different viewpoints and the risk of having a dull or underworked area is expanded with every different viewpoint.<br />
<br />So our job is to make the work stunning - from every side. A tall order to say the least. It's so easy to get caught up in one area, one point of view. But that will make for weak work.<br />By putting the piece into a strong lighting situation, you reduce the the work to a silhouette - seeing only the dark mass that is the work (and doing your best to ignore the pipes or armature needed to create the work). Sandy likes to place her work in front of a bright window to make it dark. Lacking that option in my studio, I shine a light on the wall behind my sculpture which works quite well. Then, with the sculpture dark, you can turn the work and look at it from many angles to see if the shapes and negative spaces are interesting from all viewpoints. Does the sculpture 'read' as it is intended? Does it make sense to the viewer? If this sculpture was placed in the collector's living room window and the afternoon sun sent it into darkness - would it still be beautiful?<br />
<br />That is my goal as an artist. Bring more beauty into the world - celebrate the beauty that exists. Help people notice things more. When a sculpture can be strong when only a shadow, then it is strong, period. If it is uninteresting or simply a single dark shape in silhouette, then all the surface work and patina colors in the world won't make up for that.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-41267724830492829332015-02-23T09:28:00.000-07:002015-02-23T09:28:12.548-07:00Portrait commission <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since my return from the sculpture class in Scottsdale, I've been working on a portrait bust commission. Can't post many photos now, was commission is a surprise gift for my client's wife.<br />
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Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-48048739840306367552015-02-03T11:00:00.001-07:002015-02-03T11:00:16.762-07:00Life sized clay study of Least Bittern Bird<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a life-sized clay study that I started at <a href="http://sandyscott.com/" target="_blank">Sandy Scott's</a> bird workshop at the <a href="http://scottsdaleartschool.org/" target="_blank">Scottdale Artists School</a>.<br />
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I also chose this bird as it is a wader and I had some ideas for placing it within reeds and wanted to work out my own ideas for casting and basing.<br />
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This sculpture measures about 12.5" tip to tail and 5.5 wide and is sculpted in <a href="http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/product.asp?Clay" target="_blank">Chavant's Le Beau Touche </a>oil based clay.</div>
Lori Kiplinger Pandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559391881819071560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425113866872685408.post-49375418862054657872015-02-02T12:11:00.000-07:002015-02-02T12:13:55.885-07:00Bufflehead Duck study in Chavant Clay at Scottsdale Artist School<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As my plan was to branch out into wildlife sculpture this year it was hard to choose between so many excellent instructors. Ultimately I settled on the <a href="http://sandyscott.com/" target="_blank">Sandy Scott</a> workshop because she was going to emphasize working with custom armature building, anatomy and artistic reasoning. All of these things, plus Sandy's disciplined approach to her work and life-long achievements were areas that I was keen to work on.<br />
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I wasn't disappointed. Sandy was well organized and her partner, Trish, was also there to help and give her input into mold-making and casting tips - so valuable when working on sculpture ideas to find the best and most viable ways of working to see it through from conception to completed foundry casting.<br />
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We spent a good deal of time learning bird anatomy, <span class="_Tgc">aerodynamics</span> of flight, behaviors, researching and then armature building. What is especially nice is that everything I was learning relating to birds for this specific course will easily translate into mammals and humans when sculpting other subjects.<br />
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Sandy was generous in sharing tips on research, work methods and materials and sculpting tips. She was just as receptive to learning new tips from any students who had things to contribute as well and the whole class had a very nice rapport. We began by working on armature building and sculpting a study of a Bufflehead Duck. It was a great exercise and I enjoyed the process. Being a workshop, however, I was there to learn and not take home a prize - so at the end of class I cut apart and recycled this study. I'm looking forward to applying what I learned in new sculpture works very soon.<br />
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Armature was 1/2" plumbing pipe with t-bar, bailing wire and foil. The clay is <a href="http://www.chavant.com/new_site/files/clay_facts.html" target="_blank">Chavant Le Beaux Touche </a>(regular not High Melt)<br />
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The workshop ran from Saturday through Wednesday from 9am to 4pm and the building, grounds and staff were wonderful. I will definitely be returning for additional workshops in the future and keeping Scottsdale in mind for teaching in my future, too.<br />
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