Especially when you're trying to get a few new pieces ready in time, and hoping a large piece arrives safely in time from a museum show the next state over.
Luckily I can rely on the handful of talented professionals I have come to know over the last few years to do a great job every time. Thanks guys.
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| Testing my tree frog shoe horn for hangability before finishing, while Lee welds on a mouse tail... |
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| Tree frogs with their sprues cut off |
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| Snail end of one of my shoehorns. I might do this snail also as a stand-alone in the future... |
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| Needs welding |
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| Post weld hammering |
Plenty of my old favorites will be in attendance, like my Monkey Discus Thrower, Bear Back Rider, various toads, and barring any disasters my large Sumo Toads, along with a handful of new pieces like various small turtles and tree frogs on a vine which are already installed, plus...
I've dropped off my artist's proof of 'Crossing Over' at Manitou, but several others (my tree frog clinging on a wall, my wall hanging tree frog shoe horn, snail shoe horn, Pugnacious Mouse) should be ready this week, with my chameleon plaques not getting into my hot little hands until likely Thursday, which will give me just enough time to patina them before hanging.
Some of these new pieces will be mostly for order taking only, since I've only had a few cast so far.
I also need to sort out the resin for my swimming turtles.
Anyhow, I'm very excited about it and I'm sure all will go well, even if it's just in time, although Manitou are also opening a new gallery at the bottom of Canyon Road which will have garden space to display outdoor sculptures, which is great!
So they'll be even busier than usual this next few weeks!
I'm the sculpture half of the show, so I'm proud to be sharing with painter Jennifer O'Cualain.
Her animal paintings will be the ideal complement to my bronze critters, and she generously painted a picture for my Mouse Project book.
Unfortunately my favorite mice are looking a bit too risque for this particular gallery.
I was a bit surprised since I never really saw myself as the Damien Hirst of Santa Fe!
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| Rumpy Mouse and Pumpy Mouse - metal master, pre-patina |
I'll be forced to sell them shadily on ever changing street corners from the trunk of my roving mouse mobile!
Coded messages shall appear in the newspaper, alerting those in the know where and when the next secret rendezvous will be...
My Kickstarter project is almost over, and I'm very happy to say that I achieved my funding goal early and then some thanks to the enthusiastic support of my backers who I'm delighted to say love what I do!
Which is extremely gratifying, and makes being an artist all the more rewarding.
Thanks backers!
It ends around midnight at the end of
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| Pugnacious metal master with a little metalwork to go before patina... |
Click these links to visit my website... SteveWorthingtonArt.com - Sculpture that loves you back
or my Etsy store, CritterVille
or my Etsy store, CritterVille
1 comment:
Good luck with the show and congrats on your big success with Kickstarter!
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