PSG on Flying Kite Media.com

Check me out over at FlyingKiteMedia.com in today's featured article about how to make it in Philly as a sculptor!

Photo by Michael Persico

Tiny troubles...

I'm working on a piece that I am having some trouble with...its a life sized sculpture of Olivia wearing a wolf mask. I just kind of dove right in, forgetting how hard babies/children are to sculpt. I think I'm going to restart the piece (seeing as how my first attempt dried out during the move to our new studio) and this time I'm going to make a few maquettes first. Usually I just get to the piece, working from a model and sketches but I think I need to play around and make a few decisions before I go big. Here's hoping I'll have some time to get to that this week. Just in case here are a few reference images for the wolf mask.

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Sopie Blackall: Missed Connections

I first saw her work in Mugshots Coffee House here in Philly and loved it...they were illustrations of Missed Connections. I recently saw that she has a book of the collection available online and it looks great. You can read a bit of the backstory in the book preview on Amazon. Check it out here.

Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Kickstarter Project Launch!

Finally! We've launched our Kickstarter page for the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, which has been a major reason for all the silence over here. The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym is a major undertaking that we (my husband and I) are super excited about but need to raise funds to have it become a reality. We are using Kickstarter to raise $8,000 (in 30 days!) that will go toward purchasing a Saw Stop brand table saw and a Millermatic 350P MIG welder, the major tools of our wood working and metal working shops. Please check out the Kickstarter page at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philasculpturegym/philadelphia-sculpture-gym
and feel free to tell anyone you know who may be interested in supporting our project!

Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Studio Moves...Oh my!

Wow! Last week was insane! Between getting home from vacation on Monday, multiple natural disasters (my biggest rational fear....zombies are my biggest irrational fear) and moving my studio, I have been feeling crazy crazy crazy. After a vacation I usually need a few days to relax, decompress and get everything back in order. Not so this time... We decided to move our studio space so we came back to a week of frenzied packing, only to be interrupted by hurricane Irene! We wanted to get everything out of the studio this weekend but with the rain, wind and threat of awfulness everywhere, we decided to wait until today. Thankfully we didn't get hit as bad as anyone thought and all is well in our hood. That said we still have 3 days of moving ahead of us and all the biggest stuff is the most daunting. We have a big truck so that's not the problem...it's the weight of said heavy things and the fact that the hub has a bum elbow and his wrist has been bothering him...AND the fact that O'Rae, despite being the awesomest baby ever, does not have super human strength yet (I'm hoping it kicks in soon though...) so it's a pretty motley crew we have going on here...Here's hoping we get through the next 3 days in one piece and can get all our pieces in one place.

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Animal Sculpture at Fleisher Art Memorial this Fall!

This fall I'll be teaching Animal Sculpture at the Fleisher Art Memorial on Monday nights! If you are interested in taking a class please sign up at www.fleisher.org. Need tuition assistance? No problem! Fleisher has a great tuition assistance program that is very easy to apply for. More info here.

Right now I'm loving...

...this little face.