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Sculptists. . . .
Sorry I missed you week. It was a bit crazy trying to get out of
town
to Chicago. . . .which was great, by the way. The ArtChicago fair
was
fun, the Pier Walk show is trimmed down, but nicely installed,
and the
Collection IV opening at Wood Street was a blast. The sculpture
scene
is Chicago is alive and well!!
This week we have a great batch of responses to two querries last
week
about steel engraving and coating. We also have a bunch of
international notices of sculpture park happenings, some new
questions
about technical stuff, and some miscellaneous commentary.
My friend Beth, who I stay with in Chicago, cut out a great
article for
me about Buster Simpson. The work of his which I was familiar
with is a
great installation at Denver's new airport. It is a wild.
overgrown
terraced area, like a ruins scene from a Central American jungle,
right
in the middle of this space-age airport -- shockingly wonderful!
The
article was about the transport of a piece of his at the Portland
Convention Center. Installed in 1990, the old-growth 90 foot,
multi-ton
log has grown into an urban forest, as the log has provided the
"source"
for a whole forest of new growth -- including urban habitation.
It
needed to be moved for expansion at the convention center --
quite an
undertaking. More about Buster at www.speakeasy.org/~bsimpson.
Oh yeah, I was wondering if anyone had any strategies for dealing
with
clients who require a workman's compensation policy to work on
their
site? My research has indicated that installing sculpture falls
under
the label Contractor, which is probably one of the most expensive
insurance categories. . . .$6,000 per year! Ouch! Any
sources/strategies for dodging this particular harpoon?
Take care,
Randy
ROVING REPORTER, ANYONE?
Randy,
I would love to have a report on your outdoor sculpture projects
session
at
Pittsburgh for Solid Citizen, the trade journal for garden
statuary. I
doubt
very much that you or Carol Sterling would have time, but perhaps
you
could
recomment someone who would be good at it. If you don't have any
idea of
an
insider, I'll try to find one of my readers or a freelancer who
could
attend.
Let me know? Thanks
Bill Diem
SPOLETO 2001
I really enjoy the message board, thanks so much. I'm finishing
my BFA
in
sculpture and just wanted to pass on some exciting news (for me a
least)...
The 2001 Piccolo Spoleto Exhibition, "The Missing
World," exhibited in
the
Old City Jail (now The School of the Building Arts) in
Charleston, SC
will
feature three installations from Winthrop University artists,
Professor
Mike
Lavine and BFA candidates. Gwen Bigham and Beth Melton. The
Piccolo
Spoleto
coincides with Spoleto, May 19 - June 9, 2001.
Gwen Bigham
gabran1@aol.com
P.S. If you're in Rock Hill, SC (30 minutes from Charlotte, NC)
check
out
Winthrop University campus, we have about 14 site specific works
on
campus
and you won't be disappointed! (We have a great sculpture
department
under
the direction of Professor Shaun Cassidy.)
(I hope you have nominated someone at Winthrop for ISC's
"Student
Achievement Award." More info at www.sculpture.org. RJ)
JUST ENJOYING IT.
Randy,
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy this site and all
your
efforts to bring the latest news in sculpting and public art. I
am not
even actually a sculptor yet, just aspiring. But with all the
everyday
drearies in my life, this litle bit of news from you from time to
time
brings me a little sunshine and keeps me aspiring. I just wanted
to let
you know how much you are appreciated. Thank you.
Sally Scott
RESPONSES TO STEEL ENGRAVING AND COATING QUERRIES
To Terrence J
Regarding steel- I would check out Ron Young's Sculpt Nouveu web
site
and study the metal coatings and
sealers
for steel patinas- I have had pretty good luck and have learned
alot
about metal surfaces through his web site-
Good Luck
Greg Mueller
In response to Terrance J's question on finishes for steel
sculpture. If
you
are interested in a finish for rusted steel, try Penetrol (local
paint
stores.) We have found it retards rust and maintenance is only
one coat
a
year.
Pat Musick
For Pat Musick: What you are describing could be done on a burn
table
equiped with a plasma cutter. A good, high-end metal shop would
probably have one. A plasma cutter/torch runs on a mechanized arm
directed by a computer to cut out what ever you have programmed
it to,
and I believe that the power can be set low so that the plasma
cutter
only inscribes the surface, not cutting all the way through.
On another point, I was trying to avoid commenting because I
don't think
it will do any good, but I have to observe that even in a movie,
it may
be the director's film, but the editors, screenwriters,
producers, etc.
are mentioned in the credits. In fact, if you asked whose movie
is it
to the screen writers guild right now, you would probably get a
fairly
impassioned response. I am not arguing that the work is not the
artist's, I am arguing that collaborators should get recognition.
Perhaps we have moved so far away from the guild/craftsman ethic
in art
so as to not understand this anymore, but the very intimate
process of
working on a piece not only influences how it looks, but
determines how
it looks. The artist may have a good idea, but unrealized in the
world
and it is
just a dream that only he can see.
Sam Spiczka
Pat,
Absolutely 1/4" steel plate can be engraved, etched,
"routed". Depending
on
the depth desired. Photo-etching is very easily done. Almost any
machine
shop would have the capacity to "mill" slots as deep or
wide as you
would
like into a piece of 1/4" plate. Again it all depends in
depth and width
desired.
For "functional" outdoor ironwork, like wrought iron,
park benches,
etc.,
there are 3 main alternatives:
1) hot dip galvanized, then painted
2) baked on powder coat
3) 2 part epoxy paints, with UV top coat
Ray Miller
Cincinnati
Reply to Terrence J. Re: Alternative finishes for steel. Dilute
muriatic
acid wash, then apply linseed oil to surface and heat it 'in'.
Careful
not
to burn it off. Its a bit like seasoning a skillet. Or. urethane
to
clean surface..must repeat as the sun eats it off. Wm. Sapp.
In reply to Pat Musick's request for engraving 1/4" steel. I
have been
having 1/4" x 4" x 2" steel signature name plates
made by: Detroit
Nameplate Etching Co, 13000 Capital Ave, Oak Park, MI 48237; 248
543-5202. I weld the plates to my sculptures.You send them the
camera
ready copy and they produce a very professional product. I do not
know
how large they can etch plates, but maybe they will be able to
refer you
to a source that does make what you want.
I just returned from installing my aluminum sculpture "
Silver Meteor"
at the International Peace Arch Sculpture Park, Blaine, WA on the
border
crossing between Canada/USA. It is their 4th Annual exhibition.
For 2002
exhibition contact: Christina Alexander, Director, Peace
Anniversary
Assn, POB 4564, Blaine, WA 98231-4564 TeL: 360 332-7165.
In the foothills of Mt Rainier is a new gem of sculpture park:
Monarch
Sculpture Park, 8431 Waldrick Rd SE, POB 1125, Tenino, WA
98589-1125,
Tel: 360 264-2408. Myrna Orsini, Director. In addition to large
scale
outdoor sculptures the site includes live beavers making dams!
URL: www.telisphere.com/~artcenter
monarch@telisphere.com
I hope some of you find this information useful.
Benbow Bullock, Sculptor (707) 557-2974
artnut@artnut.com
www.artnut.com
STONE TO BRONZE PROCESS??
Hi there Randy Jewart, I'm a fledgling sculptor. On my second
alabaster,
a Tiger eye piece, and wish I'd been working all these many years
with
stone, rather than every other medium. It's wonderful not
struggling
with form, difficult chipping away, but getting to the meat of
the stone
and watching it turn into exactly what your feeling it has to
look like
is the greatest joy. Am in a position that I must sell, to
continue
sculpting, so look forward to attaching photo's and finding
buyers on
the internet, eventually. Am fortunate to have folks who are
familiar
with my older works on canvas and paper very interested in the
sculpting
I am now involved in. Was fortunate in selling the first piece.
Want to
bronze it and wondered if their is ever info. given on your chat
line as
to how to go about it. Any piece I do is considered an outdoor
piece as
well as indoors. The small-scale works can make wonderful garden
pieces.
I love reading all the sculpture news and future events that you
supply
us with. Thankyou, Mary Hetrick-vecchio
MILWAUKEE ART WINDOWS
Sheperd Express Newspaper May 10th 2001 Critics' Choice: Art
Windows:
Art Windows: Milwaukee artist Roy Staab, unfortunately for
himself and
the rest of us, often falls under the "best-kept
secrets" category.
Through he has made his remarkable site-specific earth works in
Japan,
Europe and the U.S. for years, he has not attained nearly the
recognition he deserves, particularly here in his hometown. Staab
makes
geometric sculptures out of sand, reeds and stickes, teasing
mathematical truths out of the jumble of the natural world. His
sculptures, ephemeral as fog, disintegrate as the days pass, a
metaphore
for the transience that is our condition. Beautiful stuff.
Staab's
newest endeavor, part of the Art Street Windows project, can be
seen
throught June 30 at 622 N. Water St. Also featured in this round
of the
ASW project, which converts vacant storefronts into public art
venues,
is an installation by Jeremey Wolf, an up-and-coming Milwaukee
sculptor.
roys notes and explication:
This vacant store front is a room with a counter and blue carpet
on the
floor, the walls white and has a drop ceiling with spots lights.
I
wanted to make some geometic form out of natural materials in the
space
to occupy the space to its fullest. It is Spring and what is
available
in nature is from last summer-fall. In the country side I saw in
groupings of straight 5 foot high gray weeds with tops that
abruptly
branch out, those I wanted to use for something. I also gathered
QueenAnns lace and dry goldenrod stems. Arriving at the
storefront and
went inside..I saw the structure of the drop ceiling rectangles
that
form a square in the center..I will use that for the support for
the two
rings that are of different heights. The size of the rings comes
from
the middle of the four flat sides of the square for the smallest
and
from the corners of the square for the larger ring. I used the
dry
goldenrod stems to make the rings. I like to use my body as a
measure,
so the smallest ring is the top of my head and the other is at
shoulder
height. From the bans that support the ceiling at the interval
the
plants* hang with free space fill the space with their fragility.
I do
not like static work..and a fan is hidden in the corner to blow
the air
so there is a subtle movement when you look close. The gray weed
is
what..I could not find many of them near Milwaukee. *The plantes
turned
out to be burdoc without the burs..all gone by Spring.
WELDING MASTER??
Hi Randy - I thank everyone who responded to my query about large
sculpture
moving resources in the Philadelphia area. It was most helpful.
Now, I
am
looking for someone who would take on the job of welding back
together a
large steel sculpture; it is being moved from Allentown to West
Chester
and
has to be cut in order to move it thus when it is sited at it's
new
location, I need a professional who can weld it back (both
technically
and
aesthetically). We will have the piece painted after that. Again,
this
would be in the Philadelphia area. Recommendations? Many thanks,
Lisa
Hanover at LHanover@ursinus.edu
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA PLANNING SCULPTURE PROJECT
I have recently joined your mail list and would like to advise
the other
members of a project that we are undertaking in Melbourne,
Australia.
The project is a feasibility study into the development of an
environmental
sculpture trail in the Macedon Ranges area of Victoria, a
Regional Park
located about 45 minutes drive from Melbourne. The models that we
are
actively exploring from overseas include Grizedale Forest and the
Forest
of
Dean in the UK.
The key issues that we will be addressing are the overall concept
for
the
Trail, specific locations, the major management issues (security,
maintenance, infrastructure etc), the funding avenues and the
outcomes
for
the region (economic, tourism, educational, artistic and
community).
The
report is due to be completed by the end of May.
We have been following a process of extensive consultation with
stakeholders
in our region and in Victoria, along with public forums and focus
groups.
The concept has attracted a high level of support and enthusiasm.
We
would
certainly be interested in additional input from any members who
have
been
involved in similar studies or who have first hand experience in
establishing and developing outdoor sculpture facilities. Any
comments
or
questions can be sent to my contact points below.
Once our study is completed I would be happy to provide a summary
for
your
readership.
Kind regards
Frank Forster
Xartec Pty Ltd
PO Box 53
Macedon Vic 3440
tel 03 5426 4474
fax 03 5426 4475
mob 0414 410 411
www.cadscene.com
xartec@netcon.net.au
LOS ANGELES FOUNDRY??
RJ:
I'm looking for a foundry (or art student in a foundry class for
that
matter)
in Southern California (LA area preferably), where I can get a
small
(16"
tall) wax cast in bronze, with a 3 week (or so) turn around.
Thanks,
Rob
robneilson@aol.com
562-436-2605
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