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We are looking to highlight artists, sculptors, woodworkers, metal workers, mold makers, etc here on the blog once a week, so if you are interested in being featured send us an email to philadelphiasculpturegym[at]gmail.com with "Featured Artist" in the subject line. Please include a brief bio and some info about your work, along with a few images and a link to your website.

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This Weekend: Facts & Fables at the Schuylkill Center

Looking to get out of the city without actually leaving the city? Head on over to the Schuylkill Center this Saturday to check out Facts and Fables, a group exhibition of large scale outdoor installations. Here's some info from the Schuylkill Center:

Opening Reception : Saturday, June 25^th, 4 pm - 7 pm

Free to the public

On View Through October 29, 2011

A Group Exhibition of Large-Scale, Outdoor Installations

Featuring work by

Jeremy Beaudry, Brian Collier, Chad Curtis, Blane De St. Croix,

David Dempewolf, Susan Hagen, Jeanne Jaffe

"Little Red Riding Hood as a Crime Scene" by Jeanne Jaffe

At the opening reception, enjoy an exclusive tour with curator Jenny Laden and artists of "Facts and Fables." Conclude the evening with a storytelling program with Stephen Noble.

About the Exhibit:

This show aims to reveal the ways in which we perceive, interpret and retell our experiences of nature. The seven artists use diverse methods: memorials, guidebooks, faux landscapes, fairy tale crime scenes, live video feeds, visual perception tracking, distortion of scale, predictions and invitations.

"The exhibit provides diverse and in depth approaches to telling stories about nature. In exploring myths, facts and observations, these artists create new experiences of nature that are thoughtful, funny and ultimately, reverential, " said Jenny Laden, Director of the Art Department at The Schuylkill Center.

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Tiniest Commission Ever

Justin and I were recently awarded a commission to do a relief that was approximately 3/4" high x 1 5/8" wide...you know we work well together when we can both work on something this small and not want to kill each other (for the record, we took turns sculpting...). Having beat out 7 other people who had applied for it, we were pretty excited to have been chosen. The client is an inventor (he invented the plastic push pin!) and had an idea for upscale suspenders. The relief is to be featured on the suspenders.

Told you they were tiny...

Because of a quick turnaround time, we made 4 quick samples in a little under a week, using Klean Klay for two of them and Le Beau Touche for the other two (Hence the color difference above.)

Rough Sketch 2 in Klean Klay (detail)

Our client chose the one he liked best and we started the final piece from there, this time using medium hardness Casteline (Thanks to Jed Morfit for giving us some of his Casteline stash!) Justin LOVED the Casteline and I liked it a hell of a lot better than the other 2 clays, as it held the detail beautifully (Which was especially nice since we were working on it during the week of that heat wave!!) Justin and I took turns working on the piece, critiquing each other along the way, and this is what we ended up with:

Finished model in Casteline (Surrounding piece is silver).

Unfinished sample cast in silver.
This will get a patina and the holes will get 14k Gold screws in them...Fancy!

Justin's photos from the Wharton Esherick Museum

Darla & Olivia

Such a diva...

Wharton Esherick Outhouse, complete with Sears & Roebuck Catalog

Call for Artists: The Philadelphia Block & Blob at Storage

Here's a call for artists from Storage in South Philadelphia:

The Philadelphia Block & Blob is an art show featuring some of your favorite building and sculpting materials from childhood. The work must be built with either blocks and/or blobs. This can include, but is not limited to: Legos, Sculpey, Duplos, Lincoln Logs, KNex, Model Magic, Floam, Gak, Mega Blocks, Play-Doh, etc.

Preferably, the works will be made primarily with these types of materials. However, the show, as always at STORAGE, is open to interpretation.

Please email us as soon as possible if you are interested in participating. We will email all interested parties in the near future. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us. Also, feel free to forward this email to anyone you think may be interested.

This is an open call. If you are interested in participating, please email us at StorageArtSpace@gmail.com

And the winner is...

Jeanine Lee! Congrats Jeanine! When we open you will have a free one month membership waiting for you!

And for a chance to win a free 1 week membership head on over to our Facebook page to 'Like' us and tell us which tool/piece of equipment you'd be most excited to see at the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym by midnight on June 27th. Winner will be announced on Tuesday, June 28th!

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