Miniature treasures

My almost ten year old daughter loves to give me tiny treasures.
I have found that my miniature Blessing Hand is the perfect fit.

Blessed treasures for a blessed Ma.

Thank you Ava.

The Making of a Mudra Hand - a movie

a new series on meditation - Gyaan Mudra

 I am posting the hands as I work. Below is the larger Gyaan Mudra I sculpted and will soon take to the foundry. In addition to that I have decided to do three smaller hands, all in the size range of my blessing and offering hands.



In this picture I am still working on the larger hand. I have my original blessing hand there as well, so I can see what size I want the larger one to be in comparison. I did the original blessing hand in water based clay and had it fired. Once molded (you can see the green marker from the mold making) the bronze piece is 8 to 10 % smaller then the original.
The hands I am currently sculpting are made with oil based clay, so I will not need to fire them. This will decrease shrinkage, since there is also some shrinkage from firing clay.
Nice part about working small I can work out of my studio and multitask as well. Here I listening to a lecture on my computer as I sculpt.

Here are the four hands to be. The largest is done, I am still finalizing the smaller gyaan. I will take more pictures of the process so you can see it.  Here I have pinched off a piece of clay that is the approx. size of the sculpture I want to make. I started shaping one with my hands. Once I get a very rough shape I use my tools.

(back in the studio now) I use vasline to smooth the final piece, here is the larger one ready to be delivered to the foundry.

above me

when i look up, directly up, this is what i see from my desk. they float, gently spin. i still have yet to figure out why. some faint draft up above.

i live in a canyon, and am lucky enough to see the sea from my upstairs window. sometimes crows fly past. if they would pause we could see eye to eye.

OLD AND NEW

it has been quite a year for me.

i got divorced this year. i never thought that would happen or pass or that i would ever find a new beginning.

i have not wanted to create, but that too is changing.

and here, much like myself,  is an old piece made new.

it is gold plated over bronze, entitled "Heart of Gold" inspired by Neil Young and dedicated to E.Hill.

NEW PIECES or sort of new......

i really cant believe how long it has been since i have blogged........not that i am a avid blogger by any means......
ok soooooooo  i am FINALLY going to cast up my STILL LIFE camera- in bronze i have decided, and re-release my BLUE SKIES AHEAD trailer......but no worries folks who bought the first edition....this will be a second edition with a different finish.

both of these pieces will hang on the wall, as wall art.

cant wait to show you all the pics.......as soon as i get them back from the foundry.....and i can bring myself to blog again....:)

Still Life........

here is a shot of one of my mock ups for a new line of wall sculptures.....

i carved it originally out of jeweler's wax, then had it molded and cast in resin.....

it is a replica of a 1965 SLR camera. i made a little hole in the back so it hangs right on the wall.

it is about 1.5 inches tall and 3 inches long.......goes perfectly with my mini replica of a 1960's airstream trailer i did and cast in bronze. i titled that piece "blue skies ahead"(a favorite saying of my father's, and family motto). each piece in this series comes from memories in my own childhood.