22 Jun 2012 19:07
how to move your LARGE work
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/easter-island-statues-walked-theory_n_1615990.html this is pretty cool. Lee Jordan Sculptor leejordanart.com
22 Jun 2012 19:45
Re: how to move your LARGE work
VERY VERY COOL~~ Sometimes the simplest ideas are out of sight... right in front of us! That's how I rocked my 600lb angel statue around the monument yard all by myself. Makes one wonder how the pyramids were built. Peter Chiappori Architect/artist www.chiapporiarts.com/about.html ---- Lee Jordan art <lee@...> wrote: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/easter-island-statues-walked-theory_n_1615990.html this is pretty cool. Lee Jordan Sculptor leejordanart.com
23 Jun 2012 00:55
Re: how to move your LARGE work
Hi Jordan, Hi everyone, See how I did carry my own piece of rock (a serpentine of 32000 pounds): http://youtu.be/EUrelFIwldY On a project I will work on during all summer and that I will call : the Water Guardian. This sculpture will be installed in the City of Boisbriand (QC) Canada. For me, The Water Guardian will stand as a contestation to Petroleum companies which want to extract shale gas from our land, calling death by polluting water, air and people's quality of life. Regards, Marie-Josée Leroux www.lerou.ca -----Message d'origine----- De : Lee Jordan art [mailto:lee@...] Envoyé : 22 juin 2012 13:07 À : stone@... Objet : [stone] how to move your LARGE work http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/easter-island-statues-walked-theory _n_1615990.html this is pretty cool.(Continue reading)
23 Jun 2012 01:08
Re: how to move your LARGE work
Well Marie-Josée, You have been keeping this one a secret or is it a very recent decision??? Good luck with the project!! Let me know when you will be sculpting and I will come and visit. I will be finishing off my large gabbro work the first week of July at Saint-Hippolyte and could possibly drop by your sculpture site on the way home Jeff On 2012-06-22, at 6:55 PM, Marie-Josée Leroux wrote: > Hi Jordan, Hi everyone, > See how I did carry my own piece of rock (a serpentine of 32000 pounds): > http://youtu.be/EUrelFIwldY > On a project I will work on during all summer and that I will call : the > Water Guardian. Jeff ( Guv) Watson 150, bord de l'Eau Est, Longueuil, Qc. J4H 1A1 jeff.watson@... www.sculpturejeffwatson.com (450) 674-6222 Phone (514) 755-9428 Mobile
24 Jun 2012 05:09
Re: how to move your LARGE work
Jeff, I had to move the rock before telling about it. It is a huge one, and no one would believe it until he sees it!!! I work at Atelier 213,Laval, I will be there most of the time during the next month! Take care Marie-Josée www.lerou.ca -----Message d'origine----- De : Jeff Watson [mailto:jeff.watson@...] Envoyé : 22 juin 2012 19:09 À : stone@... Objet : [stone] Re: how to move your LARGE work Well Marie-Josée, You have been keeping this one a secret or is it a very recent decision??? Good luck with the project!! Let me know when you will be sculpting and I will come and visit. I will be finishing off my large gabbro work the first week of July at Saint-Hippolyte and could possibly drop by your sculpture site on the way home Jeff On 2012-06-22, at 6:55 PM, Marie-Josée Leroux wrote: > Hi Jordan, Hi everyone, > See how I did carry my own piece of rock (a serpentine of 32000 pounds): > http://youtu.be/EUrelFIwldY(Continue reading)
23 Jun 2012 13:19
27 Jun 2012 19:12
Life studies in stone
In view of the recent exchanges on figurative sculpture, I thought I'd post this, in case anyone is interested but hasn't seen the work. www.facebook.com/cicero.davila.3 I can't say I particularly like the style (a bit kitschy for my taste) but you have to admire the technique. I expect, judging by the huge output, he uses computer-driven tools for roughing out, or has a large team of assistants. There is heavy use of pointing machines, in the traditional way. But impressive. Ciao to all. Martin
27 Jun 2012 22:54
Re: Life studies in stone
At 12:12 PM 6/27/2012, Martin Smith wrote: >I can't say I particularly like the style (a bit kitschy for my >taste) but you have to admire the technique. I expect, judging by >the huge output, he uses computer-driven tools for roughing out, or >has a large team of assistants. There is heavy use of pointing >machines, in the traditional way. But impressive. Studying the progress (Metamorphosis album) photos for the angel, he made the model directly in plaster and then used traditional pointing for the carving, basically the same way it's been done for a few hundred years (actually a few thousand, but the design of the pointing machine changed over the centuries, I believe it only hit the current design in the 1800's.) Walter S. Arnold * walter@... http://stonecarver.com
2 Jul 2012 19:55
2 Jul 2012 22:52
2 Jul 2012 23:10
Re: Bases
where are you located? a guy that I use in los angeles is rolando marcial, marble and bronze studio. 818.705.4693 > Hoping for some tips on bases as I prepare for my first show. I > know of the Base Shop but commercial bases can get pricey. Other > than making my own (I'd rather be carving), any suggestions? Lee Jordan Sculptor leejordanart.com
2 Jul 2012 23:22
Re: Bases
Go to the scrap pile of a marble shop and then pitch off the sides to create the size you want, problem is, it is thin goods or such for river rock. Robin Antar >Hoping for some tips on bases as I prepare for my first show. I know of >the Base Shop but commercial bases can get pricey. Other than making my >own >As always, thanks for the wise helpings, >Jeff >
3 Jul 2012 00:28
Re: Bases
Telephone : (916)285-5593 E-Mail jcom@... -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Arnett [mailto:jarnett@...] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 10:55 AM To: stone@... Subject: [stone] Re: Bases Hello- Hoping for some tips on bases as I prepare for my first show. I know of the Base Shop but commercial bases can get pricey. Other than making my own (I'd rather be carving), any suggestions? As always, thanks for the wise helpings, Jeff -:-}------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe & other options: http://www.freelists.org/list/stone Email stone-request@... (not the list) with subject FAQ to get general list info SET DIGEST to switch to digested posts (1/2 posts per week) UNSUBSCRIBE to leave the list (send from your sub address) List info - http://aboutstone.org/conversa/ List archives - http://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.stone/ Ground rules - http://aboutstone.org/conversa/gr.html Facebook: http://facebook.com/pages/About-Stone/143735015665867 -------------------------------------------------------------{-:-(Continue reading)
3 Jul 2012 00:55
Re: Bases
At the stone yard I go to they always have scrap dimension stone that is mostly squared up, i.e. a corner busted or a crack through the center. In my case the pieces that are "bad" are often a few hundred pounds minimum. So having half of a few hundred pound piece is usually big enough to get a decent base. If you can get something like that, that will give you generally three or more good sides, you can square the rest up. If you're going old school, marking off all sides and running a rough draft and then a final draft around your line, it leaves you with all the stuff in the middle. Depending on how much you have left, you can either pitch away a lot, or then punch in rows till just a few mm above the surface, then claw till just a mm or so above and then flat chisel true and sand. To chisel a surface true by hand work in rows using the draft as a reference. Keep a quarter to half your chisel on the draft and the other half will cut the clawed surface. Once that row is perfect, you repeat for the next row using the previous as a reference and so on, until you have a series of rows that is true and flat. A more modern approach depending on your tooling would be to angle grinder a few mm above your line, and pitch away it all until the surface is mostly close to your drawn in lines (there is a technique to go right at the line, but that took me a while to work up to.) Cut a draft in either by hand or with your air hammer ( by hand leaves a sharper arris on the stone I work with but your mileage may vary) then either go at it directly with some sort of orbital sander, or reduce more waste with a claw and then sand away or get a 2 inch chisel and run it down completely flat. I usually get a pencil and put a heavy mark around the edge where the draft is, that with the sander you can tell if you are getting close or low on your line. Check(Continue reading)
3 Jul 2012 02:02
Re: Bases
Hi Jeff Why not make the base part of the sculpture? A carved base that flows with the piece...who says it has to be squared off etc. Old idea but. Cheers, Richard -----Original Message----- From: stonesculptorssupplies [mailto:info@...] Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012 7:59 AM To: stone@... Subject: [stone] Re: Bases Telephone : (916)285-5593 E-Mail jcom@... -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Arnett [mailto:jarnett@...] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 10:55 AM To: stone@... Subject: [stone] Re: Bases Hello- Hoping for some tips on bases as I prepare for my first show. I know of the Base Shop but commercial bases can get pricey.(Continue reading)
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