i had a blast in north carolina over the last week plus. started with liberty arts iron pour in durham (apparently i forgot to take pictures). then i headed to unc greensboro to hang out for a week as a visiting artist. (mostly other people’s pictures)
big thanks to everyone that allowed me to come down and play: @trippjarvis@libertyarts@kevin_n_stuff@uncgartistsguild and all of his students
part 3/3: 3600 miles in 1 month
i’ve had a busy fall! traveled from philly to pittsburgh to maine to memphis to north carolina and back to philly, with a few stops in between. i didn’t take a lot of pix but here’s a few…
these pix are from the final leg of the trip: north carolina to virginia to philly. i had the honor of being one of the fire in the valley iron pour resident artists at @wncsculpture park. i made a lot of molds… thank you to @josephbigley.artist and @spacey_aquarius for letting me come play. big shout out to my fellow artists in residence @soar.ne and @baby__salad
part 2/3: 3600 miles in 1 month
i’ve had a busy fall! traveled from philly to pittsburgh to maine to memphis to north carolina and back to philly, with a few stops in between. i didn’t take a lot of pix but here’s a few…
these are from the york, me to memphis leg of the trip. had a blast at #repairdays at the @metalmuseum , it was soo good to be back and see everyone. 2025 master metalsmith @grumblejunky had some absolutely amazing work in the galleries. happy birthday to james vanderpool!
part 1/3: 3600 miles in 1 month
i’ve had a busy fall! traveled from philly to pittsburgh to maine to memphis to north carolina and back to philly, with a few stops in between. i didn’t take a lot of pix but here’s a few…
these pix are from the philly to pittsburgh to lancaster to philly to portland leg of the trip. special thanks to @paigehenry6010 and @edparrishjr for putting together an awesome workshop, @ferrous_sculpt for the place to crash, and to everyone else who was at @riversofsteel #festivalofcombustion, y’all rock.
some behind the scenes of making ‘overlooked the puddles’. the project took A LOT of time and a lot of steps:
1. sculpt figure in clay
2. make rubber mold
3. cast wax version of the figure
4. roughly cut wax into pieces that could be drafted to pull from a two part mold
5. mold and cast in aluminum
6. fit pieces back together: sand,shape, “machine”
7. mold finished patterns and cast aluminum matchplates
8. mold and cast final sculpture
in between all these steps there was also a lot of thinking….how, why, will this work or will that be better??? the finished sculpture is cast in 4 green sand molds: 1 loose pattern for the umbrella, 1 matchplate for both feet, and 2 matchplates for the jacket. the plate underneath the umbrella and the base it stands are laser cut. the umbrella handle is brass rod and all the pieces bolt together with brass hardware.
Overlooked the Puddles
aluminum, brass, wood
approx. 20x6x6 in
2025
making of pics to come…
#art #sculpture #foundry #metal #figurative #greensand #metalmuseum #ughhashtagsaretedious
Late to the party with this post but back in early spring I went to Memphis for the first time, and attended @phyreforge ‘s collaborative sculpture class at the @metalmuseum
Honoured to have spent this time with such an incredible group of talented people!
Special thanks to MAK @nettlefireforge and GARY @gary_perk for hosting me in their lovely abode
❤️🔥
