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Ceramic torso commission – and the winner is;

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Anna

My client came today to pick up her ceramic torso; I was wondering which one she’d like best. I made three torso sculptures based on her brief so that she would find one she really liked. She didn’t much like … Continue reading →

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Ceramic torso commission, final results

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Anna

During the last few days I have been finishing off a recent body cast commission. I first wrote a post about it a few days ago here. The client wanted a smoke fired sculpture of herself to present to her … Continue reading →

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Torso commission

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Anna

From the plaster cast torso of the client… To the glazed ceramic torso. It is deliberately under glazed because I want to smoke fire it. …and into the dustbin it goes …along with some sawdust and wood shavings; this is … Continue reading →

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New Gallery

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Anna

I am really pleased to let you know that some of my work is now available at Cuckoo-Cuckoo , a new gallery for contemporary art in Hastings Old Town. Cuckoo-cuckoo showcases jewellery, ceramics and paintings as well as quirky greeting cards … Continue reading →

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Back to work; sculpting a torso

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Anna

The spring weather is all but gone and I am in my studio concentrating on my alternative portrait commissions. In weather like this it is difficult to get the studio warm enough; I can wear layers of clothes, my client … Continue reading →

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Body cast commissions; Blue Simona

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Anna

I was commissioned to make a ceramic torso for this girl a while back; I call her Blue Simona. I started off by making a plaster cast And from the plaster cast I proceeded to make the ceramic sculpture She … Continue reading →

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Body cast commissions

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Anna

It is a great privilege to be asked to create a ceramic torso for a client. I start off by taking a body cast which I then turn into a plaster mold. I can then start to create a torso … Continue reading →

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The end of the world in 2012?

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Anna

This is the tune I find running through my mind when I read about the Newtown massacre in Connecticut. …What is imagination May become a fact If we think of it that way… The mother of Adam Lanza was apparently … Continue reading →

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Ceramic torsos with a bronze finish

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Anna

After I have bisque fired my ceramic torso, it takes a huge amount of steel wool and elbow grease to achieve the bronze effect I am after. I mix bronze powder with matte varnish and paint it on my sculpture … Continue reading →

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Body casting

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Anna

Here is poor Luke … being covered in plaster bandages (Halloween coming up) I use life models to create molds for my ceramic torsos; you can see the finished ceramic sculptures hanging on the wall behind us. almost there when … Continue reading →

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