The real Edison

This is Edison a.k.a Eddie, Edisano, Edmyson, Sonaman, good boy, pie boy, sweet pie. He is the subject of three sculptures. All at his owner's request. He is named after my son's favorite scientist, Thomas Edison and he is 11 years old in April 2007.
This is the first sculpture I did of Edison for my son. He takes it to college with him during the school year.

King of Corn

Bronze on marble.

Eight inches tall.

This guy is solid

bronze. He is very

heavy. He is

inspired by Hopi

Corn Kachina images.

This is my only project thus far that came out perfect. Very little clean up. No defects. The patina came out the way I liked it on the first try.

Hopi Tribe

Bronze.

Each is about 4 inches by four inches.

My first project. The guy with the big wings

on his head in the middle is the tribal leader. He is flanked by his tribe members. The stands were painted to enhance, hopefully, the images.

Home on the range

Bronze on marble.

I think the buffalo is a very majestic creature. I liked the idea of a buffalo family. Many folks think the baby looks like an elephant...but I used a photo from an encyclopedia as a guide. Oh well! Since these are on separate platforms, they can be displayed singly or in a group as shown.

The buffalo family members are depicted grazing in a field.

The hind legs of theses images were the thinnest part of the sculpture and when the bronze was cast, it did not spread into those areas. Thus, although the front part of the images cast perfectly, none of the images had hind legs! Despite the defects, they looked pretty good and some students suggested I leave them as they were. I also contemplated just starting over. My other alternative, encouraged by my instructor, was to construct hind legs, have them cast then welded to the front portion. I did the latter. I have not learned how to weld yet. My instructor did the welding for me.

Escher Fish

Bronze 4 inches by 4 inches.

Inspired by an M.C. Escher

wedding invitation.

I made this for my son since Escher is one of his favorite artists. This was my second project.

We were learning how to do reliefs.

Blue Moon

Bronze 4 inches by 7 inches.
Inspired by an M.C. Escher design. The moon is surrounded by interlocking birds. The birds are difficult to see in the photo. If you put the cursor on the photo and click the mouse, the photo will be enlarged and you can see the birds in better detail. The same is true for all photos.

This is the second project I did for my son.

Kathy's Moli

Bronze on alabaster base.

Three inches tall.

My friend Kathy asked me to make a sculpture of her dog Moli, a Pomeranian/Pekinese mix. Moli is a certified therapy dog. Kathy dresses her up and takes her to schools, nursing homes, etc. Since some folks have said my Moli sculpture looks like an Ewok instead of dog, I am in the process of making another Moli. Kathy will then be able to choose which one she likes better.

UPDATE: A year ago my friend Jeff scolded me for not giving the Moli sculpture to Kathy. I was concerned because although everyone who has seen the Moli sculpture thinks it is cute many said she looks like a bear or an Ewok. Well, I never told Kathy about the sculpture. As mentioned above, I intended to make another Moli and give Kathy the choice. In fact, I currently have a new Moli, that looks like more like a Pomeranian in the investment process. This May, I saw Kathy, she asked about the sculpture and I confessed. Kathy has now seen this Moli and loves her! According to Kathy, people often comment that her live Moli looks like an Ewok, so sculpture Moli does in fact correctly depict her. So, my Kathy's Moli is now on its way to Kathy's home. Happy ending! Except Kathy says she wants the new sculpture too.