client loking for bronze sculptor

Hey, all you bronze-heads. I received this e-mail from Jason Horejs at xanadu gallery today. If you're interested, the contact information is given.

My gallery director, Elaine just had some collectors in the gallery who are looking for a 25th wedding anniversary gift for their son & daughter-in-law. They would like a table-top size, traditional style bronze sculpture of a couple that would commemorate the anniversary. They were not interested in contemporary or abstracted figures. Price range is $2,500-$3,000.

We didn’t have anything in the gallery that fit their needs so I thought I would put the call out – if you don’t have something but know another artist who might, please feel free to pass this on.

If you have something that might be appropriate please email Elaine with images and details at Elaine@xanadugallery.com

Jason

J. Jason Horejs
Owner
Xanadu Gallery

7039 E. Main St. #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

480.368.9929
866.483.1306

May 3 2011 meeting

Our next meeting will take place at Ball Consulting at 7pm. They will be open at 6 to allow for a little pre-meeting shopping.
Ball Consulting
Suppliers for Mold Making and Life Casting products

4665 S. Ash, Suite G 15

Tempe, AZ

WEB SITE:  http://www.ball-consulting-ltd.com/markets/life-casting

Nikki at Ball Consulting will demonstrate how to take a mold of a hand and cast it in plaster.  She will also show us how to mold the casting into flexible rubber with Forton MG and urethane plastics. 

From those molds, she will then demonstrate the Cold Cast process with both FMG and with urethane. 

The hand mold is not only good for sculptors, but good for people who draw and paint as they can make their own hand references.

At our last meeting Carol Ruff Franzia shared with us her process for creating figures and animals using plasticene. She brought in a larger than life size rooster she was working on, as well as some bronze door knockers.

After her presentation the group turned to a discussion of Where do Ideas come from? I believe that ideas come from a quest to understand those concepts and issues the artist believes are important. Merkel gets his best ideas from great music and movies. Matt related that his best ideas come from stirring photos of humanity at the breaking point. Betsy gets her best ideas from emotionally powerful books she has read.Mark gets his ideas from the intricate patterns in nature such as fragments of a skeleton.

Betsy Aguirre

The meeting concluded with members sharing works in a critique. Mark Whoerle showed a ceramic sculpture of birds stacked one on top of the other. John Swauger showed a welded steel mule team pulling a wagon inspired by the Tumbleweeds comic. Merkel Mclendon shared one of his found object fish. Betsy Aguirre brought two pieces for feedback. One was a ceramic bas relief and the other was a 3d sculpture of a crouching female. Jerry Gabel showed a plaster, resin sculpture titled Blue Heron at Rest. I showed another one of my ceramic figure drums, and Matt Werner impressed everyone with his carved sculpture inspired by the works of Georgia Okeefe. His butternut rams head mounted on a burl was amazing for its intricacy of shape and marriage of idea and material.

Mark Cohen, John Swauger(center), Merkel Mclendon

Jerry Gabel

Mark Whoerle

Merkel Mclendon

Matt Werner

Prospectus for a new art festival in 2011

“Talking Stick Fine Art & Wine Festival 2011 - Scottsdale, Arizona
OPEN DATE: 4/1/2011
DEADLINE: 6/15/2011
Jury Fee: $35.00
Event Dates: 11/25/2011 - 11/27/2011
Produced by Thunderbird Artists, the Talking Stick Fine Art & Wine Festival takes place at the hundred million dollar state of the art complex (Salt River Fields at Talking Stick) and is home to the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. This location is beautifully positioned in one of the most desirable geographic regions of the metropolitan Phoenix area and is surrounded by vast panoramic views of Arizona's most iconic mountain ranges.

This venue promises to be an upscale and elegant setting for patrons and artists; adding fine wines, chocolates, gourmet foods and live musical entertainment to accent the juried selection of fine arts.”

Prospectus for 2012 Fine Art Expo

Arizona Fine Art EXPO - 8th Annual - North Scottsdale, Arizona
OPEN DATE: 4/20/2011
DEADLINE: 5/20/2011
Jury Fee: $35.00
Event Dates: 1/19/2012 - 4/1/2012
Thunderbird Artists proudly presents the 8th Annual Arizona Fine Art EXPO. This 10 week event nestled in the most affluent, upscale area of North Scottsdale is only 5 miles south of Carefree and 5 miles north of Loop 101. Patrons love watching artists work in studios, can purchase artwork, enjoy the café, artists’ marketplace, 2-acre sculpture garden, attending garden parties and other special events.

3D Printers

I saw this article on using new technology (3D printer and Kinect) to turn tourists poses into small sculptures instantly and thought it was interesting.

Here is the link : http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/05/kinect-hack-turns-tourists-into-3d-souvenirs-video/

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