Leland G. Hall on mon 23 sep 02
I have toured a couple of bronze foundry's here in the NW USA, and I think
that many sculptors who commit to bronze use an oil based clay. I think
you heat the stuff up with heat lamps before you work with it. The mold
proscess is interesting, I don't remember half of what I learned, it was
years ago. Latex, ovens to melt the wax out-- Ah there will many with far
more knowledge than I. But I was facinated. Would like to work with the
stuff someday. Come to think of it, there may be a few bricks of it
stashed away on some high dusty corner studio shelf somewhere. Hmmmmm--a
snowy winter edeavor? Bronze??? I have not thought these thoughts since I
learned to throw.
Back in the early 80's I met a full blooded (Lakota?)Souix Indian who threw
really large clay pots, decorated them with his traditional clan motiff's,
took them to a foundry, had limited editions made, worked with the patina
artists to create amazing, gorgeous effects. High priced. Won awards. I
think his work sold. Beautiful work. Years ago. I think his name was
Randall Blaze. Lost track of him. He and his wife owned a gallery on the
Oregon Coast. They sold a few of my clay masks for me. I owe them for
encourageing me when I was starting out. Wonder what became of them.
Ah clay. What a journey. What a life. Sorry for rambling.
Regards to all
Leland Hall
Before The Wheel Enterprises
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:04:26 -0700, claybair wrote:
>Mel,
>
>I'm not sure which thread you are referring to but if it's the NY sculpture
>I feel it is a relevant Clayart discussion.... as relevant as the Art vs.
>Craft discussions.... though I do find the religious spin-off fruitless.
>
>Isn't it likely that NY sculpture was made in clay before being cast in
>bronze???
>
>Gayle Bair
>Bainbridge Island, WA
>http://claybair.com
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Kurt Wild on mon 23 sep 02
Leland:
At 10:43 AM 9/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>............Back in the early 80's I met a full blooded (Lakota?)Souix
>Indian who threw
>really large clay pots, decorated them with his traditional clan motiff's,
>took them to a foundry, had limited editions made, worked with the patina
>artists to create amazing, gorgeous effects. High priced. Won awards. I
>think his work sold. Beautiful work. Years ago. I think his name was
>Randall Blaze. Lost track of him. He and his wife owned a gallery on the
>Oregon Coast. They sold a few of my clay masks for me. I owe them for
>encourageing me when I was starting out. Wonder what became of them.......
While I sitting here in my favorite chair with laptop - now in a short
"walking" cast, slowly getting better.;
I decided to see what I could find. Here's what Google
offers:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Randall+Blaze&btnG=Google+Search
Kurt
Snail Scott on mon 23 sep 02
At 10:43 AM 9/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>...I think
>that many sculptors who commit to bronze use an oil based clay. I think
>you heat the stuff up with heat lamps before you work with it.
If it's a stiff clay, yes. It's a good way to get a
soft, workable material which, since it stiffens up
as it cools, warps less than soft clays.
-Snail
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