Sculpting News Archives

Handmade crafts and believable bargains are discussed by do-it-yourselfers, Shawna Van Ness and Corris Little DIYer of the Week: Monica Laine Friedrich, sculptures This week's featured artist stumbled into ... via Newsday.com

“I'm more of a sculptor than a hacker or whacker”

A chain saw artist is carving a sculpture of Abraham Lincoln out of a tree at the Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“For its immoral content and because of its tantalizing sweetness.”

Oh, Styrofoam! We love how it insulates and protects. We hate how it won't biodegrade. via The Boston Globe

“A lot of the stuff me and my buddy were creating was for fashion shows”

ASHEVILLE - Asheville designer Paul Olszewski didn't go searching for the fashion world, but high fashion found him. via Asheville Citizen-Times

“I'm very happy that I came to Dubai and participated in DIHF. The people have been very welcoming, and there's been real appreciation of this new process of making equine art.”

With Dubai hosting a series of major arts and cultural events this weekend, further increasing its global reputation as a cultural hub, one of the most surprising locations for fine art has been the Dubai ... via Maktoob Business

“Recent Refinements"; or, in "Throw Back”

Artist: Jack Troy Work: Ash glazed and wood-fired porcelain vessel Show: "Japanese Threads" At: Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, 5833 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside, through April 28 From contemporary sculpture ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“These have become must-have for a milestone birthday”

Once upon a time, the cake was flat. Light some candles, sing a song, done. Those days are gone, at least at Jackie's Cake Boutique in Rosebank. via Staten Island Advance

“They were very touched with what they were looking at.”

The life and teachings of Jesus Christ are depicted in 13 bronze sculptures that recently arrived at the St. via TheSpectrum.com

“I think it is good to remain open minded about art like this. I don't think it is too vulgar, but no doubt some people will. "I think it is thought provoking, and that can only be a good thing.”

A CITY wood carver has defended a controversial sculpture he is completing for a top international artist. via Peterborough Today

“He gifted me a Buddha statue made of soaps a few years after our marriage. He started again after a long break when our children encouraged him to restart his artistic inclination”

Srikakulam , Mar 13 : A man hailing from Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh has gained entry into the 'Limca Book of Records' for the year 2008 for carving 24 huge sculptures out of soaps in six months. via Newkerala.com

“I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was clean and cold and we were put up in the best hotel in town, which had a fantastically wonderful heated pool. I haven't done it for a few years so it fuelled my love of snow-sculpting again.”

CORSHAM sculptor Andrea Garrihy has added a touch of Wiltshire to an international snow-sculpting exhibition in Norway. via This is Wiltshire

“It's so neat looking at the bowls, one kid wrote in one, 'Hunger no more,'”

Harnessing the energy and enthusiasm of more than 75 pairs of hands, the Empty Bowls Project's bowl-making workshop once again churned out an estimated 100 masterpieces. via Grand Traverse Herald Online

“My grandmother's really good at it, so I just send her photos of them.”

His love of firefighting comes to life in his sculptures - a worn-out hero dragging his comrade to safety, a pair of firefighters struggling to focus a writhing water hose on its target. via ReporterHerald.com

“Was there carnage at the White Snake concert? Does White Snake still perform? Maybe it was Metallica? Oh, I bet it is Metallica, and that murder thing from the '90s.”

Artist Banks Violette does not roll out a polite welcome mat in the three galleries he has infiltrated at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

The middle room, the one that can be seen from across the ground floor of the museum, is covered floor-to-ceiling with a duct-tape replica of a Confederate flag. There is no title, no written clue to the artist's intent. Unless you already know that Violette's work melds the cultures of heavy-metal music and minimalist sculpture, you can't begin to add up the elements to form a whole. Read more

“I have no idea how he does it”

The Post-Standard of Syracuse, N.Y PREV of NEXT STEPHEN D. CANNERELLI / THE POST STANDARD Linda Young's parrot Misty works on a painting dotted with contributions from Elizabeth the cat. via The Seattle Times

“My feeling is, I didn't want to work with an artist whose work I didn't like”

Special to The Oregonian Celene Greene directed state bar associations in New Mexico, Minnesota and Oregon for 20 years, then decided her artistic interests had been put on hold long enough. via The Oregonian

“We're all teachers because we all know something, some little trick”

For the artisans who gather in the union hall basement each Thursday evening, the greatest rewards seem to come from helping someone else learn more about their craft. via Independent

“It's nice to come and enjoy the formal experimentation of these pieces”

A wooden Ifa divination bowl is among the artifacts on display at the Palmer Museum of Art's "Resonance from the Past" exhibit. via Centre Daily Times