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2021… Hell Yes!

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by admin

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and are ready to make 2021 something to remember! I had put all the art stuff away before Christmas having three different groups of guest coming to visit… So I was about to figure out a hanger for the gargoyle corbel. I had to take a sharp chisel and…

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What Kind of Clay?

Posted on December 9, 2020 by admin

I have been asked about what kind of clay I use for my original clay sculptures. I only use one type and it is a water-based clay and is perfect for latex coating. It is called WED clay… here is its promo. “Originally developed for use in sculpting Disney’s animatronics models, WED (Walter E. Disney)…

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Casted House Numbers

Posted on December 8, 2020 by admin

While waiting on latex, cement, and paint to dry on the gargoyles and other things, I decided to work on another little casting project I have been meaning to get to. My wife purchased these really cool metal numerals that came with a wood plaque to mount them on. After putting it all together I…

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The Corbel: Part IV

Posted on December 7, 2020 by admin

So I cleaned up my little gargoyle corbel…. my  “gorbel” as it will now officially be called, and then poured another. Can’t have a long shelf without something holding up both ends now, can we? I started a little acrylic paint wash on the guy trying to get him to look a bit old-ish, bronze-ish,…

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Update: Part II The Corbel

Posted on December 4, 2020 by admin

So I left off here above with half the mothermold, with intake registration holes, that was poured around half my latex covered corbel and was ready to form up second half of the mothermold.   Here I have build the form for the second side of the mothermold. Before pouring I will coat all of…

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USPS vs. UPS ….Rant

Posted on December 3, 2020 by admin

Ok, times have changed. Use to be your local post office (USPS) was the most economical way to ship a package. I needed to ship five identical packages all at the same time, all going to different people in different cities or states. I entered all the shipping info in for both USPS and UPS….

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What? A Blog… No Way

Posted on December 2, 2020 by admin

Yep, guess it’s time to pick up the pace here at the little stray artist shop and begin a bit of a “blog”. Let’s see… Been working on a corbel. Sculpted one out of WED clay first… He is a little gargoyle-ish creature standing on the corbel scroll base holding up what will eventually be…

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