"Disappearing"

Medium: Ceramic Clay (Stoneware)

Tools used: A bundle of typical sculpting tools, metal coating (Forton/copper and iron dust), cold patina, sculpture wax.

22” x 12” x 6“

"Beautiful and precious creature being "pieced" out of existence by humankind. Still beautiful and strong, but disappearing."

"Raising the Fallen"

Medium: Microcrystalline Wax

Tools used: wire and wooden shaping tools that allowed fine detail in low and middle relief.

7” x 10.5”

"This maquette is a spiritual tribute to the lost ship U.S.C.G.C. TAMPA, a Coast Guard cutter that was sunk by a German U-boat in World War I. Its lost crew is symbolized by an angel raising the soul of a sailor from the depths of the sea."

"Lucy"

Medium: Professional Grade Plastilina

15"

"A giant anteater inspired me because of her immense size and beautiful curving lines. How could a 7’ animal survive on ants?!"

"Garden of Eden"

Medium: Creative Paperclay®

Tools used: Sculpture House Duron Plastic Modeling Tool Set to shape the clay as bas-relief.

18" by 24"

"My inspiration comes form women and how they create the lush and nurturing garden where relationships, families and peace and happiness grow."

"Mermaid"

Medium: Blue Alabaster

Tools used: Tools used: chisels, rasps, files, scrapers, a dremel, and dental tools

6.5" by 4" by 4"

"I was inspired by the bubbly looking imperfection running through the stone. Thought it looked like bubbles from a scuba diver."

"Brave Girl"

Relief

Medium: Basswood

Tools used: Exacto blade, small hand (palm) carving chisels and wet and dry paper

8" by 8" square

"This relief is 1 in a series of 6 autobiographical "Girl" series I have been working on for the last several years. The Girl Series is an amalgamation of my early painting background and a childhood obsession with the pantheon of Hindu deities from a time life book I found in the library- Incorporated with my 30 year toy aesthetic, the gestures and symbols tell my story."

"Piscene"

Medium: Gala Red Soapstone

Tools consisted only of a pneumatic hammer and a smooth chisel. In addition an electric saw with a 4 1/2" diamond blade cuts and smooths out shapes. Rasps and files are then used to continue shaping and contouring the stone. Finally, dry and wet sandpaper (80-2000 grit) and Carnauba wax are used in the finishing and polishing steps.

13" by 12" by 8"

"The Gala stone in Piscene gave me an interesting challenge because there was a beautiful green patch on the stone. I loved the green and didn't want to cut it away. Hence, fish forms emerged in the piece which made the green not seem foreign to the form. Normally, I don't know what will emerge until I get into the piece and the images change as I work the piece and turn it to different angles."

"Indigo"

Medium: Blue Alabaster

Tools consisted only of a pneumatic hammer and a smooth chisel. In addition an electric saw with a 4 1/2" diamond blade cuts and smooths out shapes. Rasps and files are then used to continue shaping and contouring the stone. Finally, dry and wet sandpaper (80-2000 grit) and Carnauba wax are used in the finishing and polishing steps.

12" by 7" by 7"

"Opposing Waves"

Medium: Deep Ocean Green Soapstone

John used the Basic Stone Carving and Student Series Rasp Sets together with sandpaper (2000 grit) and wax.

9" by 4 1/2" by 7"

"I’m a surfer and most of my work is centered around the ocean. They call being inside a peeling tube wave “the green room” and the green soapstone was perfect for this piece."

"Turtle"

Medium: Tortoiseshell Alabaster with Black Walnut fins

John used the Basic Stone Carving and Student Series Rasp Sets together with sandpaper (2000 grit) and wax.

7" by 7 1/2" by 1 1/2"

"The tortoise alabaster just spoke for itself and I wanted to try a mixed media piece."

"Turned Vessel"

Medium: Deep Ocean Green Soapstone and Ebony

Gordon turned this piece on a lathe.

3" in diameter

"A personal piece created for close friends."

"Blue Dragonfly"

Medium: Blue Alabaster and Lapis Lazuli Dragonfly with Acetate Wings

Patrick used a 5" angle grinder with a diamond grit grinding disc, Foredom Flex Shaft SR/TX, stone carving rasps and files. To finish the piece he used 80 - 2000 grit sand paper and hot paraffin wax.

7.5" w by 7" L by 9" H

"This piece was carved on commission as a gift."

"Carousel Horse"

Medium: Poplar Wood

A wood carving mallet, together with gouges and chisels were used to carve this carousel horse. This is a work in progress.

42" Tall X 12" Wide X 48" Long

"This is my first attempt - just something I wanted to do as a young boy. Love Carousels."

"Viel Homme (Old Man)"

Medium: Bronze

Veronique used hardwood modeling tools, the double wire end modeling tool No. 204, detailing boxwood tool set and carbon steel tools. The bronze parts were molded in silicone using the mold making key knife and mold dividing shim.

40" X 25" X 28"

"This work is part of a character portrait gallery I worked on last year. On the portrait of "Old Man" I traced the furrows left by life, and in his eyes I wrote the sum of the images that marked his history."

"Sphere"

Medium: Translucent White Alabaster for sphere and Red Colorado Alabaster for base

Paul used a stone carving hammer, stone carving chisels, a homemade sphere grinding machine, files, rifflers, and lots of sand paper for polishing. The final touch was bowling alley wax.

7" X 6" X 10"

"I was trying to imitate a sculpture I saw on Pinterest and added my own complexity for a unique piece."

"Yoga"

Medium: Claystone Red Self-Hardening Clay

For this piece, Paul used a 24" figure armature, proportional caliper, regular calipers, single wire-end modeling tools and mini detail tools. Softt, flat painter’s brushes were used for blending. The hair was finished with an old-fashioned whisk broom. The mold was made before the clay became hard. After casting in a foundry, the patina was done with liver sulfur heated with a blowtorch.

17" X 13" X 5"

"I was inspired by a simple photograph."