What do ya all look like?

[HappySculpting]

O.k. this thread is a number one hit over at "The Clubhouse" sculpting forum. They've turned it into one of the most hilarious thread ever with using photo shop to play with the photos and have a little artistic license. All in good fun!

So this thread bears the same title.

Who's first? Now don't be shy ;) .

~Tamara

P.S. my pic is my avator so I already took my turn!

[tobias]

just so i dont end up the first post on the second page

[mark pilato]

how do you put a picture up?

[HappySculpting]

Hi Marc,

Fused wrote a good explanation a while back...

"When you click on Post Reply and a new window appears, scroll down below the Submit Reply & Preview Post to the next frame
which says Additional Options. Near the center of the box is Attach Files with a Manage Attachments.

Click on Manage Attachments, a new window appears click browse and find the image file on your computer.
Once you find it, click Open and then click upload.

Another option is an Image Host like Photobucket to upload images so you can post them on message boards.

At the bottom left corner of every page here is the POSTING RULES and in it you will see the vB code,
click it and a page will open that explains all the codes that work on this message board,
HTML Codes are turned off on this site."

I use photobucket, as Fused mentioned as an option. I just paste the Url into the text area and it will show up in the post.

For instance: In order to have the photo below show up it needs to have " [IMG] " before and after the URL shown below. If it is done that way, the picture will show up in the post and not just a link to a picture like what is here below.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/tamaron/IMG_3305.jpg

Hey tobias- that's one big sculpture you're working on. Wish we could see who the masked man is though. ;)

[Merlion]

P.S. my pic is my avator so I already took my turn!

I tried to put my picture there, but it keep being rejected.

I'll try to post one here. This is taken recently with my work "The Descent of Man". This group Exhibition is currently still on.

[Araich]

Here's a snap of me as a baby:

[anne (bxl)]

Here's a snap of me as a baby:
Don't be scared everyone, as an adult he looks more like a sweet labrador...

[Scout]

I love photo shop! Scout

[Merlion]

as an adult he looks more like a sweet labrador...

This is what Araich looks like as an adult (http://www.roberthague.com/sculpture/). Isn't he sweet?

How about you Anne ?

[HappySculpting]

Come on now we need some more good closeups of ya all.....

That way the good photoshoppers can give us a good laugh.

But seriously, then we all know who it is that's talking in the various threads.
It's a way of getting to know you better....

Merlion- Great pic- like the mysterious lighting and the sculpture too!

Scout- Oh what big eyes you have!

[fused]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/fused/ART/fusedtoo.gif

[clone.no]

:eek:

[jim]

Colorado River!

when you just need to get away.

Jim

[Chashab]

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=194719315&size=m
Above: In the studio . . .

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=216928911&size=m
Above: On vacation . . .

[GlennT]

This photo is from 2000, at work on the statue of Saint Paul for the Cathedral of Saint Paul in, guess what?, Saint Paul, Minnesota. ( also on my website; http://www.glennterryart.com )
Sorry I don't have a humerous photo ( unless you think that in general I look like a goofball ). I do have some real hilarious classics that I took of my wife, but I usually don't find myself on the recieving end of a camera, being the social recluse that I am. Too busy sculpting and playing soccer.

[Scout]

Fused, Araich and I thought you wanted funny pictures. I'll have to find a picture of me that's more serious. Scout

[HappySculpting]

Hey, they don't have to be funny. I personally like the serious ones the most because I can really see the person in their natural setting. But I just know that those that like to have fun will play with those serious ones and maybe add the head to another person's body in a crazy scenario!

Great pics so far everyone~ :)

[Chashab]

This photo is from 2000, at work on the statue of Saint Paul for the Cathedral of Saint Paul in, guess what?, Saint Paul, Minnesota. ( also on my website; http://www.glennterryart.com )
Sorry I don't have a humerous photo ( unless you think that in general I look like a goofball ). I do have some real hilarious classics that I took of my wife, but I usually don't find myself on the recieving end of a camera, being the social recluse that I am. Too busy sculpting and playing soccer.

Interesting . . . not to derail this topic, but I've always thought of Paul as looking more stern than your sculpture. How did you decide on the countenance? It's making me think differently than I have . . .

[HappySculpting]

Chashab-

Saul was a persecutor of Christians and even had a part in stoning Stephen to death until he became a Christian himself and then his name was changed to the Apostle Paul. He then was one of the most zealous and loving apostles. So the countenance really shows his gentle side, although, I would have thought him to have more of a determined fire in his eyes. In any case, it's a wonderful sculpture. Very impressive.

[Daniel]

Yep... this is me, ladies. I swear.

[HappySculpting]

Yep... this is me, ladies. I swear.


Ya right! I'll believe it if I see that guy in the buff sculpting something!

[RWJR]

lookin at this makes me feel a little better about my grammer

[Araich]

There's no doubting this one Tamara ;)

[Daniel]

Ok, Ok. That's just what I'm going to look like after I start working out. Kind of a preview, you know.

I'm the goofy guy on the far right. These are some other sculptors I was working with on a big project for Disney.

[Merlion]

Ya right! I'll believe it if I see that guy in the buff sculpting something!

Well, Tamara. We can't be sure if your Avatar is really you, can we? Unless you show us how you look like when you are sculpting. Whether in the buff is optional. :)

[Scout]

Merlion you are too funny. Scout

[Merlion]

Am I ? How come I'm not aware of this.

Last time when I teach, I was the stiff no-nosense type. When I tried to crack a joke, students write it down. Perhaps this is because it didn't sound like one :) :)

But Scout, you haven't shown us what do you look like, have you ?

[Scout]

Merlion, I did post a funny pic of me in there somewhere. Here's a serious one. I don't have one of me sculpting but I have one with some of my paintings. You look like a very nice, focused and kind man. It's nice to know you. Scout

[mark pilato]

the first one is when I was 20 at a show in college , the second three years ago and the third last year.

[ironman]

Hi, Well here's a photo of me!
Have a nice day,
Jeff

[HappySculpting]

Well, Tamara. We can't be sure if your Avatar is really you, can we? Unless you show us how you look like when you are sculpting. Whether in the buff is optional. :)

You are a funny guy Merlion! :cool: I'm always taking work in progress pictures of the sculpture but not of me with the sculpture. Probably because I look my worst when I'm sculpting! Just let it all go and focus on the work itself. But I'll just have to take a pic soon and add it to the bunch of pics here.(clothed! :D )

These are some great photos that you all are posting. I love getting to see what you look like.

~Tamara

[GlennT]

Chashab-

Saul was a persecutor of Christians and even had a part in stoning Stephen to death until he became a Christian himself and then his name was changed to the Apostle Paul. He then was one of the most zealous and loving apostles. So the countenance really shows his gentle side, although, I would have thought him to have more of a determined fire in his eyes. In any case, it's a wonderful sculpture. Very impressive.
Chashad and Tamara: The expression of Saint Paul does change depending on how it is lit. From underneath, as in the photo, the smile is emphasized. Lit from above as intended, it has a more classic and strong look, with the smile hinted at. The smile is mostly felt through the eyes. It is hard to overemphasize the importance of lighting when placing a sculpture. I brought the wax head to the site and worked on it from a ladder 14 feet above the floor in order to adjust the effects in the light of its setting.
As I meditated at great length on how to depict his expression, I focused on the great zeal and love he had, and dedication to truth, as he would brave going day after day to unfamiliar places, facing getting stoned or thrown out of town, because he wanted to share the message of Christ with which he was on fire. Consider how much love he must have had to persevere in that environment.
Also, as another consideration, churches are often full of stern looking apostles and patriarchs that may not be very welcoming to people. On the other extreme is overly soft looking Jesus faces that lack the strength that he had. Stern has its place, but for me Love is the most compelling.
BTW, I'm thrilled that the discussion of the photo went to my sculpture rather than my face, since that is what really matters.

[Scout]

GlennT, I like the gentle, knowing and confident look he has. I went to a Catholic school and I have seen enough stern faces. Can we see the whole piece in place? Scout

[GlennT]

Scout; Here is a scanned photo from a holy card with the statue. Sorry about the quality. I tried submitting another photo here but the file size was too large. The Cathedral is beautiful but the lighting on the piece is not ideal, too dim, so it is difficult to get a good photo. I went in with a professional photographer later for a page in the Guild Sourcebook 17. Because of the height of the piece we could only add lighting from below. I got a good clear picture but the face does not look at all like I intended. The holy card shows the correct angle of light, just not enough of it to illumine all the features.

[Scout]

GlennT, I found if you send yourself an e-mail with the photo attached, it will resize it (will ask you what size probably) Then save it to your files and it's ready to send us. Try that, I'd like to see a good photo. Also photoshop can fix your lighting problem. Scout

[Landseer]

I got a good clear picture but the face does not look at all like I intended. While I totally hate the religious aspect and everything to do with religion (Im 100% agnostic) man, this is a stunningly excellent sculpture Glenn!! The larger head shot shows the head well enough to see this is top notch work. Outift I work for put an organ up there at St Pauls Episcopal, probably a stone's throw away.

[GlennT]

Scout: I followed your instructions and the images were resized, but when I saved them they became large files again. Not being a computer genius, I had to call a halt after a number of attemps. If you will send a priveate email with your email address, I will forward some better photos.

Landseer: Thanks! Quite a compliment coming from an agnostic! Even if you find religion distasteful, you must acknowledge the key role it has played in history as a supportor the arts. Except for some maniacs like the Taliban which supports the destruction of the arts, or Savonorola who supported the burning of the arts. BTW, You would have to have a very strong arm to throw a stone from the Cathedral of Saint Paul to the Episcopal church, which is in Minneapolis. What did you do at the organ company, sculpt the pipes?

Chashab: Sorry I spelled your name wrong in an earlier post. My late night typing skills marg nop slo gloob.

[Landseer]

GlennT, I found if you send yourself an e-mail with the photo attached, it will resize it (will ask you what size probably) That usually only works with ISP's like AOL because of their proprietary software- the same software that allows you to see the read/trashed status of your recipients (provided they too are on AOL) as well as format the background image/colors, script fonts, bold, colored fonts and include inline resized images etc.
Most ISP's and email software don't transfer all that gobble-de-gook, it all goes as plain ASCII text sans the colors and gorgeous looking script fonts, while some of it goes out as a page or two of included trash that comes as messed up wannabe html like this from one lady that *IS* on AOL and every time she mails me on my NON AOL acct I get two paragraphs of this in part, stuck in the middle of her messages;

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[GlennT]

NON AOL acct I get two paragraphs of this in part, stuck in the middle of her messages;

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Landseer: That is priceless! It is like a computer soap opera script.

[Thatch]

Probably my best feature..........actually my foot is in the pic only to show the true color of the sawdust. Bois D'Arc truly is golden wood.

[iron ant]

Power and speed ,this is me on my new bike.Hey they don't call me iron ant for nothing....... :cool:

[Scout]

Landseer...100% agnostic = atheist? :rolleyes: :) Scout

[jOe~]

When I'm not applying a fresh coat of patina solution I like to chase thunder.

MAX(Joe's alter ego)

[HappySculpting]

Come on... A foot, a child, a dog..... any brave souls ready to put a face on- like their own! :rolleyes:

[jOe~]

My dog gets more compliments than I do.

[HappySculpting]

Yeah .... Joe! If you haven't had any compliments in a while, here's one... you look like a smart guy and distinguished with the salt and peppered hair. And you're cuter than your DOG! (Now is that a compliment.. hmmm... I'm cuter than my dog....) Actually your dog is adorable too- love that curly hair on him.

Thanks for sharing a real photo cuz now I know who Joe is! And a nice guy I'm sure.

[jOe~]

Why thank you Tamara. That is the nicest compliment I've received--cuter than my dog. You don't know how significant that is. He rides in the back of my truck and every day, many times a day people stop me to pay him compliments. We (Max and me) are about the same age and height, but he gets all the attention and compliments. Max does make it up to me so I won't feel bad. As far as being smart, well its probably a tie there too. He's the smartest dog I've known, while I'm not the smartest person I know. But, he can't use tools, and I have tons of those. Joe

p.s. you're kinda cute and smart looking too

[fused]

I used to be taller...

[Stevem]

I'm sure I had you built up for more. So here's the let down. Slow and easy. Don't look at me all at once. If you start to feel a little queezy turn off your monitor and go directly to your cupboard and take a dose of Pepto Bismol. My wife says it works for her. :)

[Blake]

At first I didn’t know if I liked the idea of loosing my anonymity, it is very safe to hide behind the computer screen. I see there are a few other people who are shy, only exposing a foot or their dog. Yet I did really enjoy seeing what everyone and their dog looked like so I though that I had better participate. I don’t have a dog, so I was looking for a picture of myself working so that you all wouldn’t think that I just hang around on this forum.
Blake

[Merlion]

Ok, everybody. So far, who is the most handsome male member and the prettiest female member. This means we exclude the dog.

[jOe~]

Merlion, is that because the dang dog might win yet again. Guess I better submit a better photo of myself--when I was younger and another when my dog was younger. He looked pretty silly as a pup...and at least then I was much taller than him. Joe

[JasonGillespie]

This would be me looking a little dazed...I think it was at my in-laws. I get that look a lot there.

[HappySculpting]

Ok, everybody. So far, who is the most handsome male member and the prettiest female member. This means we exclude the dog.

I'm beginning to see that for the most part, sculptors are a handsome lot. Can't choose one and wouldn't want to anyway cuz that's only a matter of personal taste and each one has either character (which sometimes means not so attractive but interesting looking :eek: ) or beauty in their own way.

Glad to see so many faces to put with the name and online personality. It's fun to see Steve M. We've cooresponded several times and now I know who you are! And no need for Pepto! And it was great to see the pic of Blake too - thanks for coming out of anonymity. A handsome group we have for sure.

There's more of you we'd love to see....

~Tamara

P.S. I think this topic really is helpful to bonding our relationships and growing as an artist, which is, in my experience, catapulted by good artist friends. Oh... and Jason popped in a pic as I was posting this. Thanks for posting- I particularly enjoy your posts because they are so well worded and poignant to whatever topic is at hand.

[JAZ]

While working on Strobus.
JAZ

[MountainSong]

Hey -You guys and gals all Look Great! What a handsome bunch. :D
Some surprises too – could have sworn Scout was a guy before the photo and JAZ a girl.
Mark those photos are brochure quality.



Don’t have a good working photograph, but here’s one of me with my Hawaiian inspired work at an opening in Honolulu Hawaii. It's amazing what artistic changes a few months and another culture can cause.



http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/MountainSong/Monolith058.jpg

[Scout]

I think JAZ is a girl. And yes so am I. Scout

[jsimms]

This would be me............

[MountainSong]

You're right. :o
Couldn't tell under the safety glasses and gloves.
JAZ = Joyce.
Upon second look the hair was a clue though.

[ironman]

Hi Mountainsong, YES, Love your photo.
Whose paintings are those behind that beautiful woman in the photo?
How long have you lived in Korea?
Have a great day,
Jeff

[MountainSong]

Thanks Ironman. :) The two flower pieces directly behind the gallery owner are a Japanese woman’s (can’t remember her name), they rest are mine – all the abstracts. Lot’s of work out of sight of course. It was a two woman show. We worked in completely different genre's but with the same pallette - it made for a color blast of a show. *L*
The photo was taken at the end of the evening around midnight to 1 in the morning, maybe 600 people came through, we were really beat. This show was maybe six months ago? I’ve been in Korea 5 months now.
Story of my life, build my presense up on the art scene, just start getting known and collected, then get wisked off to some other land only to have to start completely over again. :rolleyes:

[ironman]

Hi Mountainsong, The paintings look interesting, they have a sculptural feel to them, but I wish I could see more of them and the rest of the show, in its entirety.
do you have a web site?
Why can't you stay in one place? (Not that its any of my business!)
Have a great day,
Jeff

[Merlion]

There's more of you we'd love to see....
I agree. Keep them coming.

On the other hand Tamara, your Avitar is too small and a bit dark. We still have not seen you sculpting. Don't need to be in the buff you know. :)

[desertrock]

Desert Alien

[JasonGillespie]

MountainSong,

I like the vibrancy of your painting's colors and especially like the abstracted one to your left. It has a nice otherworldy feel about it. Beautiful dress too..I think we could all use some Asian clothing here in Tommy Hilfiger's America.

[JAZ]

Well, since mountainsong thought I was a guy, here are images to clarify that I'm not.
First, what other people see. Second, with Potential cubed x 3, my eight foot maple seeds just to verify that, yes, I am actually not quite five feet tall. But I'm only small on the outside.
JAZ

[MountainSong]

Hey look at you Pretty Lady! You have such an engaging and friendly face. Thanks for posting face shots! Used to love those pod seeds as a kid, so fun to play with.

DesertRock you totally look like a desert guy. Cool.
Jsimms – that’s a great photo and that piece you’re working on looks marvelous.

Ironman hubby’s job keeps me packing up the nest and moving, 4-5 years in a place then off we go. It plays havoc with my art career, but I’m getting good at entering the market cold and moving up quickly. *L*

Jason, Hawaii and S.Korea are both more formal societies where the women and men dress up when leaving the house. I gotta tell you I appreciate it being a visual creature. S.Korea even more so than Hawaii. Here it’s dresses and heels for the women and suits and ties for the guys. The women even have sun parasols.

Here’s my old website, its being completely revamped now and most of the stuff on this site will come down or be archived. www.laruestudios.com

[ironman]

Hi Joyce, As one altitude challenged person (although I'm not that short), to another,
GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES!
I like what you said about "only being small on the outside."
I've seen photos of your seed pods before, but I think it was in a landscape setting. They're more powerful with that white background and you standing there. Gives them a better sense of scale and assertiveness as forms in their own right.
Have a great day,
Jeff

[Merlion]

Gosh, everybody is so good looking in this Forum. Perhaps sculpture helps to rejuvenate us.

I'm interested in JAZ's tall seed pods. They must be pretty heavy at the bottom to keep them stable standing on their small baseplates. And do you allow them to rotate with the wind, like wind vanes?

[Buster]

OK, I'll play along. Merlion, I think you are right there that sculpting keeps us all pretty young and fit. Not a bad looking bunch.
Here I am almost 50 and not a gray hair in sight...yet. Anyway, typical mug shot here - never can be serious when the lenses come out.

[Scout]

Post number 8 is edited.....I don't really look like that....Not always anyway! Scout

[jOe~]

The question I have is how much can you read into a photo? Everyone feels strongly that they know something about the person from the photo. When I meet people their reaction to what I wear affects/distorts their perception. If I'm wearing all black they think I must be an artist. If I wear something slightly more conservative I must be a professor, perhaps engineering. If I wear nice wool shirts I must be a contractor/builder. In a tropical/Hawaiian shirt I've been a real estate person/ or lawyer . So since I'm writing on this forum I must be a sculptor. Maybe I have multiple personalities(LOL)? Here is another photo--maybe I'm not as intelligent as most think??

[HappySculpting]

Hey, it's great to see all the ladies coming forward and showing their pics. (Heidi- no gray hair yet???- wow- maybe it's the light colored hair you have :p - against my dark hair I pluck, pluck and keep it gray free! At 36!)

I really am loving seeing the pics of people working on their projects. It's kind of like "show and tell"- "this is what I'm making and, see, here I am." One of my most enjoyable parts of the day in second grade. ;) Seriously, though, it's a way of really connecting and learning what specific type of sculpture that you do.

JOe- you still look smart- it's the glasses. Now if you take those off.... :confused: it might be disastrous!

~Tamara

P.S. Merlion- a pic is coming... I first have to take one of me sculpting as I only have a few of me sculpting a long time ago (non digital photos) with a respirator mask on to protect me from the clay dust.

[JasonGillespie]

Ok, ok, this is really me. The other picture was my human thrall who I control through telepathy....he supplies the opposable thumbs that nature cruelly denied me.
But I will have the last laugh and be the first dog sculptor in the history books!

[HappySculpting]

Ok, ok, this is really me. The other picture was my human thrall who I control through telepathy....he supplies the opposable thumbs that nature cruelly denied me.
But I will have the last laugh and be the first dog sculptor in the history books!


Cuuute! ... and another vertically challenged sculptor!

[Hallac]

Did it work? Me and Shelby - the workin dawg.

[JAZ]

Did it work? Me and Shelby - the workin dawg.

Nope. Try again.
JAZ
ps. Here's another of Potential cubed x 3 at the Attleboro Art Museum surrounded by people of normal height.

[lesliepatrick]

Its really nice to see people, for me it makes it more comfortable, a bit less intimidating....shall look out a pic and put it on...soon as poss. :)

[sculptorsam]

I see there's a party goin' on here so I'll have to join. Here's a pic from a recent installation: http://sculptureranch.com/sculpture-spiczka.htm

Keep in mind it was in 90+ Texas heat so I may look a bit more ornery than usual. Also, I wear glasses but they were reflecting in the sun.

[HappySculpting]

Hey Sculptor Sam :) I thought you were older for some reason. Probably cuz most guys I've ever know named Sam were cute little old round men around 75 or so. So you're a youngin'! Glad you joined the party and I enjoyed looking at your website too!

Still don't have a pic of me sculpting yet but I'll rectify that soon when I get a chance to get in the studio. Today, my hubby took this pic of Lionel the Cat and me. Lionel's always trying to get in every picture. Lionel and my pet koi are my only pets.


http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/tamaron/IMG_3480.jpg

~Tamara

[Berinje']

This is a photo of me that a friend took with the help of a little faerie magic. I'm 53 and when there's faerie magic, the gray doesn't show :p

[HappySculpting]

You are sooo beautiful Paula-grey hairs or not! And you have such a wonderful, bubbly personality too. ;)

[desertrock]

OK, enough is enough. My wife is going to ban me from this site if the ladies keep this up. She'll start to think this is a dating site.

[mark pilato]

Wow, you all are making me think i came out of the ugly mold. You are a bunch of great looking people, is there a site for the not so good looking? it must be nice to look in the miror for ispiration - all my miror says is turn of the light.
All the best,
Mark

[jOe~]

Tamara, stunning portrait. Your hubby did a great job framing you between the two flowers and getting Lionel in perfectly too. You look smart even without
glasses(LOL).

Joe

[Merlion]

See, what I said is true. Passion for sculpture helps to rejuvenate and keep so many of you look young and pretty.

[jOe~]

Merlion, I'd personally rephrase that to "passion helps to rejuvenate sculpture and help keep so many looking young and pretty".

Joe

[Scout]

Right on Joe!!!

Everyone looks so full of.....life. :) Beautiful women and hansom guys. Pictures of me sculpting were taken in the HOT garage, so you won't be seeing those. I love seeing everyone. Keep sending them. Scout

[HappySculpting]

Mark P.- Nah- "ugly mold" I don't think so!

jOe- Thank you, my hubby did notice those flowers and he positioned me right there for the shot. He likes to be a director of all photos. He even directs while I'm taking pics of him and I have to say "stop directing, I'm directing!" We have fun with it. (oh, and I'm not as smart as I look- the dark hair is deceiving. Just kidding!)

Come on Scout, some hot sweaty pics in the garage would be raw and real!

Merlion- Just for you and to prove I do sculpt- here are pics of me, Ron, (my hubby), just took today as I finally have a day to sculpt, well partial day! (Just playing on a little portrait bust of a friends daughter).

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/tamaron/IMG_3505.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h281/tamaron/IMG_3504.jpg
~Tamara

[Thatch]

My foot is probably the better looking pole but I found this on my camera. The camera isn't that good but a better one wouldn't change my face, so here ya go.

Thatch

[HappySculpting]

Hi Thatch :) Glad you posted! It's great to see who you are and if ya want to post a pic of that good looking foot, that'd be fun too!

Keep all the good pics a comin...

~Tamara

[sculptor]

f o o t
ok?

[sculptor]

foot smith

[Thatch]

Nice foot beard smith. Uh, I mean nice beard foot smith. I already posted my foot in this thread. It is #40 on page 2. Someone politely gave me a hard time about it, thus the foot reference.

Happy sculpting!
Thatch

[Merlion]

Why the sudden interest in showing your foot?

Here's my foot. A shiny golden one, although I'm not 'Goldfinger'.

[GlennT]

Hey Sculptor...was that you or someone else I saw parting the Red Sea 4,000 years ago?

Glenn

[anne (bxl)]

Great day, I found a pic of me somewhere.

[tobias]

me with no mask... you pic which you like

[HappySculpting]

Thatch- Now how could I forget a foot like that?! :p

Rod! You a wild man! Now, please, take a pic of you with your head hanging out the window of your truck- you know the one with Isis on top! You must be the talk of the town. If you put a little sign on the truck that says "Sculpture.net", then we can send it in to Letterman for his crazy photos session and get a plug for our forum. Come on... :o (How long did it take to grow the beard?)

Nice foot Merlion- did you make it? (Now a closeup of your face- yours was kind of dark too!)

Hi Anne :) You look like an artist. You know how some people have that look, well you got it! Nice pic- love your hair color and style.

Tobias- That's cheating! :rolleyes: (Seriously, is that you?)

~Tamara

[Scout]

I'll take the beetle as I already have the other. Or at least he used to look like that. 38 years and holding...each other! Scout

[tobias]

Yah thats me and that great big thing in front of me is dinner I was soooo hungry that day i ate the whole thing haha

[tobias]

and look at that the top of page 5

[Merlion]

Nice foot Merlion- did you make it? (Now a closeup of your face- yours was kind of dark too!)
Yes. That's my foot, and the very first bronze I made.

Actually I made it all the way, from the clay modeling up to getting it ready for metal pouring. I was attending a workshop at a local art college on bronze casting. It was valuable nands-on experience. Unfortunately the college discontinued this workshop after our session, a big loss for the local art community.

My close-up photo, brighter? I'm afraid I don't have any, other than the one next to my man in agony. But as mine is not a young handsome face, why is it worth seeing? :p

[Scout]

Merlion, Character is everything!!! I'm older too and I've put my mug up here twice. Scout

[HappySculpting]

Tobias- Nice pic- I thought it was a pic out of magazine. ;) Lots of ab crunches, eh?

Merlion- We're all artists here and appreciate the beauty of age and how it shows a life well lived with the wrinkles and lines of laughter. And your not old anyway! I'm with Scout on this one!

~Tamara

[Scout]

HappySculpting, you are such a sweet person. And talented!

I was thinking that several folks on here could be models! A bunch of good looking and feisty people we are in general. I wonder what Oscar looks like and how he's doing...high or low? Scout

[HappySculpting]

Thank you Scout. Yes a fiesty= passionate group we are. All that energy and stick-tuitiveness goes into sculpture! Let's keep it up.

Ya, Oscar is a mystery. We all wonder about him. Was he for real? If he is, maybe he's still around and will post a pic of himself.

~Tamara

[jim]

Hey Tamara

Nice bicep in your picture, you must weight train i take it?

jim

[Scout]

Uh-OH, I think we just asked for a butt shot. :rolleyes: Scout

[HappySculpting]

Hey Tamara

Nice bicep in your picture, you must weight train i take it?

jim


Ya, and you too! You're huge!

I've always worked out but didn't know really how to do it well until I hired a personal trainer and he put me on a concentration camp diet of mainly oatmeal, chicken, rice, salads, eggs, salmon, and protein shakes. Everything was regimented and the work outs drove me to nearly puke. If you puked he'd give you a tee shirt with his logo on it for a puking gift. Well, anyway, I finally decided I better get to making this a lifestyle and have been working out on my own for over a year now and maintaining much of what I had. Mainly I just want to be healthy and prevent osteoporosis from weight bearing exercise. Plus keep the heart healthy.

~Tamara

[iron ant]

Well I cant help it if I am verticaly chalenged. :) Heres a pic of me with one of my stainless benches,alright maybe its my side kick ,and the other is me?..............IA p.s. Hey Jaz I am a wopping 5'2'',112 lbs,we little people,but I know your tuff as can be too if your "pushing steel",you go girl...

[HappySculpting]

Here's a second pic of your little girl- she must be the light of your life. That's great. Wonder what she will be with all the creative juices she's sees coming out from you. ;)

You are a little guy that does way big stuff- love those horses that you've done. -Just beautiful. If we were standing side by side, I'd be 1" taller, yeah! I love being taller! I'd be teasing and razzing you. Gotta do it! But your muscles are bigger so I better watch out! I pretty well live in shoes that have heals, whether it's flip flops or sandles, whatever. I'm guilty of "heightening" (Seinfeld) :D .

Any more pics of you guys? How about Fritchie?

~Tamara

[Berinje']

What a great thread you started, lovely Tamara. I finally had some time to look through all the pictures and posts. Fine looking bunch,... mightly fine.

I think we all look pretty creative, inspired and full of life! Can't beat that ;)

[iron ant]

Tamara,that there girl is a boy,but thats cool,the red hair is his claim to fame.I do love my little girl to,she is studio rat at 5.Create,appreciate,deticate..............Eric

[HappySculpting]

I'm sorry Eric :o That red hair is fantastic!

I was remembering what you said about your little girl having aspirations of, among other things, being a flute player and so just assumed this was her. You are a blessed guy with the 2 little ones (any more?)

I love kids but do not have any of my own. I call my sister's 3 kids my own because we are really close. I love it when they accidentally call me mom. :) My husband is 24 years older than me (older than my parents) and all his kids are grown. So... starting another family is the question at hand. Anyway, when I see other people's kids (well behaved ones :o ) I get all envious and wish I had some. But it's a huge step to have children and doing my art would be difficult. Now if I had a "man-wife" to take care of my kids for me then I'd be all set! Just kidding!

Your kids look so full of life and happiness. Congrats to you.

~Tamara

[G. Murdoch]

Here's me holding the camera on myself lookin' stern.

Graham

[HappySculpting]

Glad you posted a pic Graham. :D

There's still a more of you all we'd love to see a pic of......

~Tamara

[G. Murdoch]

Hey Tamara,

What are you talking about "more of me"? Do you want some nude shots or something?

Graham

[Merlion]

Ah! I've found a full body photo of me, nearly in the buff. Not much muscles to show I'm afraid.

I got some help to create a sculpture, perhaps one of my first sculptures. :)

[iron ant]

Tamara, Kids and art are a great complement to eachother.I busted out a whole area in my shop for them,was gona be my office,but who needs organization when you have blow pens and clay on hand.Mom prays thell get a "real" job when they grow up,thats no fun..IA

[HappySculpting]

Graham- "There's still a more of you all" - the key word is "all"- my little way of trying to get more people to post pics of themselves. But I can see how the wording could be taken other ways. ;)

Cute Merlion! The beginning of your sculpting career was on the beaches, eh? That's a wonderful old photo. Thanks for sharing. (Now we need one just like it but today and little bit closer up! ;-)

Iron Ant- Sounds like your kids are really a part of the studio experience. I guess it can be done but it seems like it would be hard to concentrate. I have kids over sometimes and help them sculpt and it is so much fun but I'm in a whirlwind, spinning from one child to the next and I get worn out pretty fast. :o

[MountainSong]

I had this whole thing written up making comments to everyone who’s posted in this thread, then submitted it and ‘poof!’ it disappeared into the cyber ether without a trace. So I rewrote the whole thing again, hit the submit button and it happened again! :eek:
I give up.

Here’s a very short version - watch, it’ll work this time. :rolleyes:

You folks all look like such interesting people to meet and its a pleasure to get to see your faces, thanks for posting them. :D

[HappySculpting]

Oh.... Mountain Song, that's awful! I've had that very same experience happen before and then retype the whole thing and then hit a wrong key and lose it all.

I wish that wouldn't have happened to you because I really would have like to read what you had to say. I know it would have been an interesting read. :) I think you're such an intelligent person and I always enjoy your slant on things.

Something that I do sometimes when I write a long comment is to highlight it and hit copy before submitting it. One time I hit "Cut" instead and to my dismay, poof again! :eek:

~Tamara

[Studioinde]

Ok, I'll play along too. Here's one from the shop.

[Studioinde]

Not my shop though....it's at Cranbrook, and is way too neat to be my space. Here's a recent photo of my shop.

[HappySculpting]

Nice shop there, Studioinde. Nice and messy like the rest of us. ;) Great to see your face and know a little more of who you are. That's an interesting piece that you are working on. It looks like maybe it's the underside that we are seeing. I don't know for sure but I hope you show a finished pic when you're done. :-)

~Tamara

[Merlion]

Cute Merlion! The beginning of your sculpting career was on the beaches, eh? That's a wonderful old photo. Thanks for sharing. (Now we need one just like it but today and little bit closer up! ;-)

Ok, ok. This photo is really today's, and head to toe, but not too close up (in case I have BO). :)

I took one this morning in my messy studio with my current work. This is a wysiwyg photo (I mean, what you see is what you get). The only compromise is that I have changed into a T shirt from my normal attire of a singlet. :rolleyes:

I've mentioned this before, men's studios are messy, but not women's. But of course, most women would tidy up before taking a photo. We are clearly not created alike.

[HappySculpting]

Hey Merlion! Now that's more like it. ;) Now why did you change out of your singlet (tanktop- had to look that one up)? You could've flexed a few muscles for the shot. :cool:

I like your studio, yes it is messy but all the right kind of mess. You've got all your essentials there. I see the microwave, was trying to see what you were cooking, maybe heating some oil clay. Then I see the little round mirror- a must have for seeing the sculpture from a different angle. I just use a big long mirror most of the time. I swirl around my sculpt towards the mirror and look at it in the mirror and can quickly spot "off" areas.

Great pic!

Are there any other messy studios and enthusiastic artists out there? Show us your pictures, we want to see them. :)

~Tamara

[ajoysisk]

HappySculpting:

I confess I opened this thread with some trepidation. It is the sort of thing that can go terribly awry with one unkind word or misconstrued moment of even well-intentioned humor. However, I would like to say that I think you have done an excellent job of moderating/urging these photo posts and their commentaries. You have struck a lovely, kind balance of genuine interest and humor. I laughed heartily at some of what I read, and I was encouraged by other "recluses" bridging the unreality of typed Internet communication to put faces to names. This is, after all, a sculpture community. How can anyone fully commune, least of all an artist, without sight? Yet humans are terribly complex about their appearances, and this is compounded in some artists because of the extension of their flesh -- their work.

My twin and I were once competing for a full ride to graduate school, and various departments and the press wanted us to cooperate for a series of photos. We felt sold and we felt the merits of our work alone should speak. My sister won the scholarship, and her continued, steadfast refusal to comply with something that seemed void of integrity was beautiful in my eyes and infuriating to the donors. We are obstinate creatures happiest hidden from but the closest of friends.

But due to your continued call and the bravery of some of these other souls, I shall commit to sending you a photo once I've settled in Italy at the end of this month. There is something about stepping foot on Italian soil that fuels my self-confidence, and there I will have a proper studio environment to share with you. And now that I've typed it I'll have to follow-through if this thread is still up, or I daresay you'll remind me :).

Again, wonderful job (HappySculpting) and a wonderful humor and kindness present here from those who have posted. It is helpful to see you all.

Until then,
ajoysisk

[HappySculpting]

Why thank you Ajoysisk ;) You're another one that writes in the most interesting way. You should have been a writer in addition to being a sculptor. :) I look forward to your posts when they turn up in a thread and now I look forward to your pic. Was wondering if you're avator is a pic of you but now I can see that we'll get to see you in a couple of weeks. I'm counting..... 14 days until it comes up or a gentle reminder! Just kidding! :p

~Tamara

P.S. Oh, I have to agree that how can we fully feel connected to each other in this community if we don't even know what we all look like. It's been a wonderful treat to see everyone, in yet there are more that I'd love to see.

[Merlion]

Hey Merlion! Now that's more like it. ;) Now why did you change out of your singlet (tanktop- had to look that one up)? You could've flexed a few muscles for the shot. :cool:
You see, being brought up in a British colony has conditioned me since young that it is impolite to be seen in a singlet. And singlet is a very British term.

Showing more flesh and muscles? No problem. I'll follow you, showing as much as you show us.

I like your studio, yes it is messy but all the right kind of mess. You've got all your essentials there. I see the microwave, was trying to see what you were cooking, maybe heating some oil clay.
No, it's not a microwave. It is an electric oven, for hardening my Sculpey clay. It is bigger than normal, priice reasonable, taking me sometime to find.

[Nina Florence]

Hi Happy Sculpting,

It is great to have a mental image of everybody when I read. Thankyou!! So as part of my new mantra (take risks, believe in your self, illuminate self doubt) I have posted my face!!!

Oh, and I think Ajoysisk avator picture is of Freda Kahlo. Could be wrong? I too enjoy reading her post. They have a melodic/poetic tone to them. She is obviously multi talented.

Nina

[Nina Florence]

Its me again, I forgot to attach the photo. LOL.

[HappySculpting]

You see, being brought up in a British colony has conditioned me since young that it is impolite to be seen in a singlet. And singlet is a very British term.

Showing more flesh and muscles? No problem. I'll follow you, showing as much as you show us.


You're too funny Merlion (John). I guess we're at a stand still.:D

That's an interesting custom to consider it impolite to be seen in a singlet. It is a tank top right? With how modesty has gone out the door in today's society, I find it curious to have that custom. Is it still in practice?

Nina- You have a very pretty name. Your picture shows that we have another pretty lady aboard too. ;)

[Merlion]

That's an interesting custom to consider it impolite to be seen in a singlet. It is a tank top right? With how modesty has gone out the door in today's society, I find it curious to have that custom. Is it still in practice?
We are drifting off topic so I'll not take up too much airwave.

I am referring to the white cotton vest men commonly wear under their shirts. Well, commonly worn until, if my understanding is correct, Hollywood came along to show us otherwise. :)

Decades ago, in British colonies, the good local students go to missionary schools and learnt among other things how to behave like 'civilised' gentlemen and ladies. When we work in government and attend meetings with Englishmen also attending, we had to wear the full lounge suit, shirt and tie, even in hot Summer days, sometimes in rooms with no air-con. This is history now, but I am not exaggerating. :p

Yes, we have so many pretty ladies in this Forum. Wow. No wonder we are attracting so many male sculptore here. :D

[ajoysisk]

Camille Claudel, promptly and correctly identified by one Denis.

[Merlion]

Yes, it is Camille Claudel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Claudel). A most pretty and talented figurative sculptor. But very sad life story, and tragic ending.

[Nina Florence]

Derrr... Of course it is Cammile Claudel. I remember my Dad taking me to see a movie about her life when I was about 9 or 10. I think it had Gerard Depardieu in it. If I remember rightly there is scene where she is fervorously digging for clay. THE MADNESS OF CLAY. When my mom watched the film she said 'just like Nina'. Hence our back yard being full of pot holes. :D

[mark pilato]

wow, it would be cool to see a photo of what you look like next to a picture of your sculpture, one that represents who you are, maybe even a self portrait.

[anne (bxl)]

Derrr... Of course it is Cammile Claudel. I remember my Dad taking me to see a movie about her life when I was about 9 or 10. I think it had Gerard Depardieu in it.

A film based on a novel of by Reine-Marie Paris has been realised by Bruno Nuytten in 1988-89 with Gerard Depardieu and the great Isabelle Adjani. The film which original french title was simply "Camille Claudel" get numerous awards.
The picture used by Ajoystick as avatar is the one appearing on the main jacket of the novel (at least on the french version that I have).

p.s. Merlion, amasing surprise of the linguistic : "singlet" is an old fashion word used in Belgium (not in France) to designate a white coton sleeve less top underwear for men. No doubt that in english it has another meaning and use.

[Thatch]

Merlion,
Are you using an old jail cell for a studio?

Thatch

[GlennT]

Merlion,
Are you using an old jail cell for a studio?

Thatch


Thatch: AKA; Mr. Diplomacy ! :rolleyes:


Glenn

[Thatch]

Why thank you Glen. What saint are you going to name your next self portrait after?

Thatch

[Merlion]

My studio is small, I'm afraid, and I have to move around carefully not to trip, or to push over bottles etc. You're right, I sometimes feel I'm trapped in a prison cell. :(

The problem is that I'm interested in making bigger sculptures. So I'll have to make creative use of my tiny space.

And this seems to be the feeling of most things in this tiny city state of ours.

Oh, how nice to have as much space as Texas.

[GlennT]

Why thank you Glen. What saint are you going to name your next self portrait after?

Thatch

Saint Glenn: Patron Saint of Good humor and forgiver of sarcasm. :p

[Thatch]

Merlion,
I was joking about the bars, not the size. It looks like a good space. I create so much dust that I can only work out of doors and must have a fan blowing on me to keep dust out of my eyes. I can only make good progress during nice weather, which if I am lucky is 25% of the time. In the summer I am quite the sight with my head, arms, hands and torso completely covered and protected but wearing shorts and sandals in an attempt to stay cool. I even have a special shirt that the collar and one arm have been cut off, half the other arm and I wear one glove and one gauntlet. Just so I don't collect extra holes in my body when working, I don't mind looking silly.

New tools are supposed to be here tomorrow, so hopefully I will be able to work faster and better.

Thatch

[HappySculpting]

Mark Pilato- "Winter, spring, summer or fall" has beautiful curves and style. It's intrigueing and I want to figure out the name and how it fits it but I'm not that good with abstract. Is any answer an o.k. answer when it comes to these kinds of works? One of the figures is a woman and she's leaning in towards the man and maybe she's saying we'll be together forever no matter what season. And then there is the child below...

At first I was thinking that each figure stood for one of the seasons but then there are only 3.

So was curious as to your meaning intended by your sculpture. Also, the self portrait set of pictures that you posted is interesting. How does it represent you? Or was it to represent as a self portrait of whomever was looking at it?

~Tamara

In addition to getting to know each other primarily with pictures we can also go deeper and reveal as much about ourselves as we like. :-) It's all a part of bonding as a community of sculptors.

[Merlion]

Merlion, I was joking about the bars, not the size.
Ah, the bars. They are to imprison me inside the house when I sleep.

The sculptures can be left outside. I am not such a famous sculptor that they are worth millions. My bronze are not worth as much as this Lady on a Chaise. :)

[David Aponte]

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[MountainSong]

Tamara, wasn’t there a song with the line something about ‘winter, spring, summer or fall – I’ll be there when ever you call’ ? A song about loyalty and love/togetherness.

Hi everybody! Great to see more pics going up. :D Hello, Hello!

[HappySculpting]

Mountainsong- That's right.... "Winter,spring, summer or fall all you got to is call and I'll be there, yes I will, you've got a friend..." Now I'm singing it. I think you said you like to sing too. Sometimes I sing the whole time while I'm sculpting. Back to the subject at hand- That might be the inspiration for his sculpture. Maybe he'll tell us. :o

Hi David :-) Nice smile and dimples. ;)

[HappySculpting]

Merlion,
I can only make good progress during nice weather, which if I am lucky is 25% of the time. In the summer I am quite the sight with my head, arms, hands and torso completely covered and protected but wearing shorts and sandals in an attempt to stay cool. I even have a special shirt that the collar and one arm have been cut off, half the other arm and I wear one glove and one gauntlet. Just so I don't collect extra holes in my body when working, I don't mind looking silly.

Thatch

Thatch-

Now that's a word picture that, speaking for everyone else too, we'd love to see!

For me winter is a better time to work in the studio because of several reasons but #1 is less yard work! Also, when it's raining I feel like I'm off the hook to do anything, after all who can ask much of you when it's pouring rain outside. I love to hibernate and just do art all winter. That's my desire, however, reality often gets in the way.

[mark pilato]

here is a story about Winter Spring Summer or Fall. It tells of the last 51 hours sculpting it. plus a link to a movie that was also shot in the last 51 hours. The song has a lot to do with the sculpture, after listening to the words and music wile i sculpted I knew it woud be the title to the work.

It was in February when I first walked the labyrinth. The day was windy and bitter cold as I entered. I felt fragmented, and at first I made my way uneasily. Then within the space of a pulse, I was captured by the power of the heart: it carried me as I went. When the path met the day I felt whole again.*I had begun this journey hours before the sunrise.

I unwrapped the plastic slowly, envisioning* little bits of the sculpture as I went: first a head appeared, then a shoulder. When I finished the task, I stepped back. I took one step at a time in a counterclockwise direction until I had circled the sculpture. I repeated this walk in the opposite direction. Then I closed my eyes and walked the labyrinth again, retracing the steps of that frigid February day. In my mind the land beyond the labyrinth's border disappeared. I walked to the heart-space and retraced my steps. As I turned away from the heart, following the path, I could feel a sculpture building in me. I came suddenly to a turn, and as I took the few steps that brought the heart back into view, I saw it. The apparition was there in front of me.* The spirit that rested beneath the stone was illuminated. I was so close I could see all its details. In the present I was tracing the still wind, not moving. The world became abstract, I was brought into the dream. I asked aloud, "Are you there?" As I breathed I felt something, a presence, which would become a friend who would later stay up with me during the long nights as I sculpted, a friend who would rest a hand on my shoulder telling me it was all right. My friend's name is winter and you can see him in the light as it finds the form, a reflection from the past. The sculpture also has three other figures who became my friends: spring, summer, and fall. I started sculpting on spring. Spring comes from the ground and feeds the other seasons. My thoughts of a walk traveled through me and out of my hands, onto the clay. My tool started on Spring's back, finding the form. I kept the tool just off the clay as it moved. I traveled this way until my tool met the surface. The clay moved slowly over the hours. As I sculpted I walked on railroad tracks into a day that was cold and damp.* I found form and structure in everything. I saw Winter, too. It was in the cold water that fell from branches onto drinking roots, in the dance of rain, and in the sound of the life that enveloped me. I asked the sculpture where it was taking me. When I found the answer the sculpture took its first breath and Spring was born. I welcomed Spring into the world with my eager brush. I washed her clay skin this way and that. Hours had passed since I entered the studio, yet it felt like minutes. I stepped back.*
"Yes," left my lips. I began sculpting in the same manner on Summer and Fall as I had with Spring. This time my tool started exploring the back of Summer, then traveled over to Fall jumping back and forth between the two. I dove into the clay that connected them but began to be concerned.* I continued to sculpt. I was searching for something. I stood on my makeshift scaffolding for what seemed like hours, but was actually only minutes. "What am I doing wrong?" I said softly. "It must be here. It has to be here. I know it's here." I climbed down from the scaffolding and walked over to my chair. I sat with my head in my hands, almost sleeping.* I did not actually feel the weight of a hand on my shoulder, but I did feel the gesture. It was at that moment that Winter became my teacher. I raised my head from my hands and turned to face the sculpture. I instantly knew what I had to do. I walked to the tool bin, with only one tool in mind, a tool that had been with me for over half of my life. I held the worn wooden handle and climbed the scaffolding. I smiled, then laughed aloud. I started removing the clay that held the two heads together, sculpting beneath the form to the negative space that holds the power of the sculpture. The presence of space was completing the form. I was afraid to stop, for fear I'd never be able to get back to this place. Yet, within minutes I was done. My tool had brought me through yet another form changing experience. I put it away in my pocket and replaced it with my finishing tool. In an hour I replaced that with my brush. An hour later I closed my eyes for a moment, meditating. I opened them and smiled. I closed them again, this time transporting myself back in time. Memories shifted with my heartbeat. I was sitting on a rock with my twin brother Michael and my sister Natalie. I could smell Maine in the air. I could hear the gulls and the crashing waves. In the distance my brother Tom was playing in tidal pools finding his fantasy. High up on another stone my mother was basking in the sun as my father swam in the ocean. As I breathed in this mood I could see my sister Lisa dancing. She danced with the wind's salt, a dance of the heart. I opened my eyes again and ran them across the form and into its secrets. The forms came together now even though they were not connected. I saw a kiss between lovers. I saw a kiss between friends. I remembered a vista scattered with buffalo. I remembered a distant sunset with my lover, and I thanked the form. I opened my eyes. Dinner was spent at our friends' house on the side of a mountain. I welcomed the break. When we got there I immediately went for a walk. The misty rain filled the cold damp air.* All I could hear was the wind and the crunching snow beneath my feet. Rusted farm equipment long dead and wet with rain passed me like great ghosts. The snow could not conceal last year's grass with colors of browns and reds. There were ancient stone walls the rocks of which were painted with moss, dirt and snow.* Streams played lullabies to the coming night.* Icicles cried and I could hear our children playing behind the orange glow of the farm house's windows. I stopped, closed my eyes and took it all in. "How beautiful life is," I thought. After dinner, when we returned home and put the children to bed, I went downstairs and unwrapped the sculpture. I meditated on it with Alyssum, Miles Davis, and a hot cup of coffee. Outside the studio it was dark, damp, and cold. The temperature in the studio was perfect. We talked about art, kissed, and held each other for a long while. By the time I started sculpting, Alyssum and our children were fast asleep just above me. My tool slid across the form skipping, skimming and sliding to the outside beat. Billie Holiday helped me refine the form. And when I was ready to visit the dark spaces, it was Leonard Cohen who sang in my ear. As I sculpted I was holding my grandmother's hand when she entered Heaven. I saw the blue iris of a friend lost. I saw the mourning and my hands cried. I rested in the abstract. From outside my studio, I could hear the sounds of morning. The spirit smiled behind me, skipping its light across the floor. We grooved to Otis Reading, got down with Chet Baker, and became serious with the Duke. I looked to the drawing that was etched into the sculpture and in an instant I was bought back to one week before.
"How's it going daddy?" he said. I told him that I had been trying to find something funny in the sculpture and that I was having a really hard time.
Without hesitation, Guyaton, all matter of fact, said, "Daddy, just draw something funny on it."*I could not help but lift Guyaton up in my arms and kiss and hug him, pronouncing his genius. I sculpted my canvas on the back of the legs of Fall. I called Guyaton back downstairs, along with my daughter, Carmen. "Okay guys, I need your help and it's really, really important." I led them to the sculpted clay canvas, "You see this area here?" I gestured to the sculpture. "I need you to come up with some funny pictures for it." "What kind of pictures?" asked Carmen.
"Funny pictures," I said and tickled her. I set them up with cardboard cutouts that matched the clay canvas. Carmen ran her crayon feverishly from one end of the board to the other. Guyaton's crayons drew with determination. When they were done I proclaimed their genius and hugged and kissed them. I returned to the studio with their art in my hands. I copied Guyaton's drawing exactly as he drew it. I called him down and asked, "What do you think?" He looked at me and frowned. He then proceeded to the tool bin to grab a tool. "What are you doing, Guyaton?" I asked nervously. He went directly to the sculpture and, without looking once at his drawing, started carving into it. "My God," I thought. I looked at his original drawing and noticed that I had forgotten to put in the funny things that came out of one of the caricature's heads."Now it's done Daddy."I was back in the present playing on Guyaton's lines. I was four again, and the abstract became my reality. I was seeing the form through Guyaton's eyes. I sculpted until Guyaton's reality became my reality and Fall was born. I stepped back as the sun started moving across the floor. I thanked the sculpture. The process had taken me to places I have never been. After breakfast, with two cups of coffee, eggs, and toast weighing me down as I entered the studio, I proceeded to sculpt continuously until the sun fell. I cannot put into words what befell me in that time. It was heaven on earth. I stepped back from the sculpture in the early evening. I cried with Joy and with Pain. I stepped to the sculpture and asked for sleep; I was drawn in. I was a sleepwalker on its form, traveling from place to place. I traveled in the surreal. I stood alone in a world of clay. In the hours before daylight, I was confronted with Falseness and Insecurity. I was confronted with Guilt and Fear. I stood and looked directly into their reflections. With cold friends behind me, I was introduced to Truth. I sat in the spirit's chair and in what seemed like a blink of an eye, it was dawn again. I thanked the sculpture for its healing. I had sculpted from day to night and back again. The sun had been up only for moments and the birds had begun to sing. My tool lifted and dropped to the ground. I stepped back. I had sculpted a teacher, a lover, a son, a brother, and a father. I saw sad times and great times; I saw pain and felt its healing; I saw its abstraction and its reality. I saw the dream. I saw a friend I'd never met.

here is a link to movie shot in last 51 hours of Sculpting Winter Spring Summer or Fall
Quicktime http://pilatostudios.com/video/chapt06_qt_large.mov
all the best,
Mark

[Tandigon]

http://www.sculpture.net/community/images/statusicon/DARIL.gif

This is me without the disguise!

Tandigon

[HappySculpting]

Hi Mark,

Now that was an enjoyable morning read. As I ate my breakfast, I read your story and loved it.- shared it with my husband(who loves to write) and also the video. I sang with your video and could feel the crisp air as you were sculpting.

So winter is the air around you and what made the space between them. I get it. Spring must be the child in the sculpture. The genius of your little boy to know how to "add the funny to it". You sure know how to make those kids feel valued and a part of your sculpting. It's beautiful, all of it and thanks for sharing.

You teach how to sculpt with your heart.

BTW- The link to the video didn't work for me for some reason so I just went to Pilatostudios.com and went to video and clicked on the chapter 6 video.

Tandigon- Your picture link didn't show for some reason. :confused:

[Algaro]

Well not my best picture but there I am.

[MountainSong]

What a touching and beautiful story Mark. I sensed the sculpture was very inspired the first time I saw it, and it is good to hear the story behind it. Thanks for taking the time to write it. I too have watched and enjoyed the videos.

Hello Tandigon and Algaro.

[Scout]

Hey everyone. You guys are really something. All good looking and motivated. What more could you ask for? (rich? maybe)

Would you all continue sculpting if you were rich? It's very nice to see everyone. Scout

[Tandigon]

http://www.sculpture.net/community/images/statusicon/DARILA.gif

This is a web shot of what I look like.

Tandigon

[GlennT]

Wealth is just a means to an end...it can provide more freedom to do what you want to, or it can create burdens of more responsibility.

What I want to do is sculpt, so if I were rich I would have more freedom to do so without the need of also making sure that my artwork pays the bills. I would also be able to build a larger studio, and travel for inspiration and rejuvenation.

More money creating a circumstance compeling me to stop scultping is like asking how much money would it take to make me stop breathing! :p

Glenn

[jOe~]

I've always been surprised on how guarded and secretive people are on forums concerning who they really are. I mean, whats the harm in posting your name, your photo, really? If you want public recognition for your work, why are you hiding? If the opinions and the work are your own why hide or fake the author ?
So, here is a challenge or maybe just a silly thought that will go away. I've always found the interior of peoples houses to be most fascinating and revealing, especially if they are artists. I enjoy making my home reflect my creativity. I've made most of my furniture and built many of the rooms. Are folks brave enough to show ithe spaces they've created or furnished? We would still not know the exterior, that is where you really live. This is kind of an extension of "'what do you look like?" and "what does your work space look like ?", and thus, getting to know each other. My posted photo did show part of my interior .

jOe~

[ajoysisk]

Merely because one is guarded about displaying him or herself on the Internet does not necessarily translate into any sly or secretive motivation. There are those of us who are intensely private people, and as beautiful for it as the more social creatures amongst us are in their open natures. In addition, it can be a brutal world we inhabit, and I am highly cognizant of the need for some to exercise caution or express mistrust regarding the Internet and the display of personal information and/or imagery.

That said, I think your proposal interesting, jOe~. We definitely leave our mark on our homes! When I am avoiding the studio or a life dilemma, I obsessively clean, rearrange, and redecorate my intimate environment.

[boilerman]

well ....i don't say much here but figured i would jump in ...here is one of me

[jOe~]

ajoysisk,
I did not mean to suggest " sly or secretive motivation" . The emphasis was meant to be on "guarded" and on the presumption that many want public recognition .

I am an " intensely private" person myself. I have very little contact with people as I live a 20 minute drive from the nearest grocery store or gas station and venture out as little as possible. And, after living in major cities and being very involved with the public I am now the happiest I've been. Living on a hill top with unlimited views to the north and south and 10 acres of wildness, I have my own little Walden.

jOe~

[ajoysisk]

Ah. Your view sounds divine.

[Merlion]

I have very little contact with people
Well, er, not quite true jOe~. You do have contact through the Internet with the world, including this international sculpture community.

And about you as an 'intensely private' person, at least we have seen your public comments, so far 43 time. :)

[jOe~]

Ah, Merlion, you are arguing with me. Thats ok. The internet is a strange substitute for "social interaction". 43 posts would amount to maybe 10 minutes of speech if I read them aloud. Divde that by the amount of time I've been a member and it doesn't amount to much conversation over time. Even if I posted daily it still does not negate my comments, in my mind. Social interaction, that is face time, as in gatherings, parties, get-to-gethers, actual conversations with people so that you can look them in the eye, really check them out, is what I label as social interaction. Forum talk with people with fictitious names and identities who's body language will never be visible, interaction only on my or their terms, or with the forum's censorship (it wouldn't be hard to get kicked off, right?), that is, talk absent of "normal" conventions, richness, and possibilities is very impoverished. I don't claim to be a hermit. Forums do allow me great control in chosing who to respond to and who to ignore (heck, I can even electronically block them out of my existence). Thank you for the interaction and for revealing more of your personality. Also, thank you again for all your posts on the doings of the art world. I do look forward to them.

jOe~

[mark pilato]

Joe - wow you have a lot to show the world and I love the way you write, It would be great to see a piece , a self portrait revealing who you are, but at the same time maybe that would be not so cool for you. I like to hide in my work, to have secrets no one else will ever know to spend whole months were no one can find me deep in a place of my making. It's my family who keeps me sain, there is no other way for me when I have three little one loking up to me. It would be cool to see a work by you about you - raw and unsecured and maybe it would teach us all something new.
All the best,
Mark

[jOe~]

Thanks for the compliments Mark,
I just took : "a self portrait revealing who you are...- raw and unsecured ", but ran into problems trying to post it using the "manage attachments" method. The acceptable file size I had to resize down to showed pixels and looked awful. How do folks post larger images? By the way, don't hold your breath, it won't "teach us all something new". I hope you were being sarcastic by that comment.
You are fortunate to have three little ones, I was only able to have one, late in life, but what a perpetual joy and blessing. jOe~

[HappySculpting]

Tandigon- It's nice to see your face. Thanks for posting. I understand that you make body restorations for the disfigured. That takes a lot of love and care to really make a comfortable fit and have it look like the missing limb etc. You have a very valuable job there and help to change peoples lives for the better with your art.

Boilerman- Even though you say that you don't post that often, it was nice to see your pic too.

jOe- As long as the mods think it's still on topic enough for sculpture, I say let's show our special places of rest and beauty that we have created. I live out in the country on 6 acres and "owner/builder" built our house. It's my retreat from this world. More and more I just want to be alone to sculpt. I think I get enough social on the internet, this is kind of causing me to neglect my family and real life friends a bit as I've noticed. So, I have to be aware of not being too reclusive and doing my rounds of visiting everyone. Balance is what I'm striving for but I'm completely happy all alone (and with hubby nearby ;-) Is it selfish to sculpt at the expense of the hours you would be with your loved ones? A question I'm pondering.

RE: large photos: I use photobucket and then paste the Img url into the text of the post. Sometimes my photos show up way too big after posting and I have to go back and reduce the size in a photo program then upload them to photobucket again and then paste the url once again in the text.

Love to see some large photos of you and also more of your creative home space.

~Tamara

[jOe~]

test using Tamara's method (thank you ) of "a self portrait revealing who you are...- raw and unsecured ". This is the only "African " mask looking thing I've done (I collect masks so I had to have my say at it). He stands next to my gate and greets the world--passers by and visitors. Still unsharp but revealing and raw? jOe~
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k243/jOe1111/port.jpg

[mark pilato]

jOe -very cool, what a gate keeper, thanks for post I am going back to my studio inspired and smiling.
All the best,
Mark

[HappySculpting]

:D chuckle chuckle. Wonderful! You've made me laugh too. That's what this thread is all about. Having us loosin up a bit and be silly and share who we are. You are an alien bug I take it. :p I love your funny guy behind you sticking out his tongue. Any more silly stuff to share?

~Tamara

[jOe~]

More silly stuff? I'm known and usually taken as a very serious, intellectual zen type of guy. Don't want to lose my reputation or develope a new one--I've worked very hard to earn my gray hair or as some one said "It takes a long time to understand nothing". (pretty deep huh?).

jOe~

[ajoysisk]

Hah! The gesture you are making, jOe~....my twin and I used to do that to amuse our baby sister, except it looks even stranger on a female or male with long hair, because the fingers appear to materialize from the skull, up through the hair.

[Nina Florence]

QUOTE: (I've always been surprised on how guarded and secretive people are on forums concerning who they really are. I mean, whats the harm in posting your name, your photo, really? If you want public recognition for your work, why are you hiding? If the opinions and the work are your own why hide or fake the author ?)


Joe~: Why did I have some trepidation towards posting my photo. Ummm.. I think predominantly people tend to judge by what you may look like. One of the reason why I like this forum so much is that I am being solely judged on my opinions, thoughts, questions. Also I think I would like to have a 'fake author' of my sculptures. Most the time when I talk to people about my work they just stare at me with a big question mark all over there face. When I am creating I am a vessel of emotion. I find it had to put that emotion into words and then have it come out my mouth and make sense. I get very, very nervous and go bright red and stutter.

Oh... and I too am an interior perv!!!
:D

Loving everybody's photos,
Nina

[BMBourgoyne]

a self-portrait from a couple years ago
"propped head"

--brad

[Algaro]

I posted my picture but its either invisible or i dont have the personality but seem that it went down the door and dog ate it (kidding). Anyway, its nice to see you all and see that besides talent, we have a lot of beauty in this forum.

Algaro

[HappySculpting]

Hi Algaro :)

Right about when you posted your pic I was smack loaded down with work but I noticed that our Mountainsong said hello. Did you catch that? :D

And I'm saying a big hello to you now. :p

I noticed that you have a nice wall niche in the background that's really close to one that I have. Ideal spot for a good sculpture. :-)

That white shirt is going to get dirty really fast if you keep wearing it while you sculpt! :eek: But we have Joe who knows how to do laundry so he'll be our laundry lady expert in a pinch. ;)

Thanks for posting your pic and sharing with us what you look like.

I know that I for one am able to better relate to comments made when I can see the person that I'm talking with and so it's really helping me to soak everything in. Guess I'm a visual person.

~Tamara

[jOe~]

Nina, wouldn't want you to go out of your comfort zone. When I made my comments I had in mind people who want (maybe crave) public recognition or who already have a public presence. You couldn't be more right in saying people judge you by the way you look and dress. Some are lucky genetically. Me, I just know how to make photos lie.
Serously. In the past, I've done it professionally for many public figures.

Tamara, hope you're talking about another Joe when it comes to laundry. My wife doesn't trust me to do it. I've tried to use the fear tactic for other chores but to no avail.

jOe~ (the laundry virgin/klutz)

[HappySculpting]

Whoops! Meant Jim. :o He gave some instructions for laundry over in the "Your most difficult task" thread.

Joe- You've got to get the performance up a bit in the laundry department. She'll love you for it. ;) (I haven't done a load of laundry in 10 years since my hubby became our laundry lady! He's a keeper!)

~Tamara

[KeithBentley]

This is me at work in the studio.

[Alfred]

Alright- here it goes. Normally I have a beard ( a Van Dyke as it's commonly known - mustache and goatee combined) But I thought I'd have some fun and so I shaved and left the mustache. It only lasted a day because my wife felt I looked too "PERVY" with it, but I had some fun with it at the movies and the drive-throughs. It's all back to normal now and my hair is a bit shorter.

I can't believe I posted those pictures.

[GlennT]

Alfred:

Are you the same guy I called " a sane person in a world gone mad"? :D

[Merlion]

Glenn,

I woke up when I notice your quoted comment, "A sane person in a world gone mad"? Sigh! Looking at the bloody mess of a world around us today, don't we all feel like this? :confused: :mad:

[jim]

Hello Tamara

Actually that is correct I can give advice in cleaning. I recently sold my dry cleaners....so if you need to get a stain out give me a shout..

Plus i do all the ironing at home and even sew buttons and can put in a zipper... so heres to the Metro sexual artist..

jim

[shazza]

Ah, i think i have success at last :) I have attached my first pic on this site.Love this thread,puts a smile on my dial

[shazza]

Cool pic Joe, you have a face that makes me smile

[jim]

Hey Alfred nice web site!
Does Laguna Beach art institute have its own gallery?
Ill be out in Oct and it might be cool to check it out.

Dude you remind me of Frank Zappa!!!!

Thanks Jim...

[Merlion]

Hi Algaro :) .....
That white shirt is going to get dirty really fast if you keep wearing it while you sculpt!
I notice Shazza also wear white when she does her sculpting. Not sure if this is just for photography of course.

As mentioned earlier, I wear white singlet (or 'tank top' in US) and a kitchen apron when sculpting. Some men may hesitate to wear an apron, but I don't want to worry about dirtying my clothing with clay, plaster, paint or resin.

Wonder what others wear when working.

[inferno221]

okay i guess i can finnally get in on this. this is a pic of me and my "sculptor dog" which is kind of a self portriat. ever try to make a human an animal before it's fun.

[HappySculpting]

Come on Keith- feet aren't you- they are just appendages :) :) We want head shots and if you want to pull your toes up to show us them too then that's o.k. ;)

Alfred- When you said you were hispanic on another thread- that immediately gave me visions of a certain profile- then you post your pics and blew those out of the water! You are hilarious and I urge you to do a sculpt of yourself in caricature. ;) Thanks for showing us who you are...(and then some!)

Jim- That's good info to know- gonna call you laundry boy now. ;)

Shazza- That's a nice pic of you and your art. Are you using plaster to sculpt the figure? Can't tell for sure. Maybe a light colored clay.

Merlion- I too wonder what others wear when sculpting. I usually wear the junkiest clothing that I have and lightweight since it's hot here in Ca. Sometimes I sculpt, well I won't say, but just glad I live in the country and secluded. :rolleyes:

inferno- That's a great idea/project for us all to do at some point. Do a self portrait of ourselves in an animal that we think looks like us. Your portrait looks great! Just like you but the ears are a little bit larger. :p

Thanks everyone for posting more pics and I just hope that more of you will share your faces with us too.

~Tamara

[HappySculpting]

But due to your continued call and the bravery of some of these other souls, I shall commit to sending you a photo once I've settled in Italy at the end of this month. There is something about stepping foot on Italian soil that fuels my self-confidence, and there I will have a proper studio environment to share with you. And now that I've typed it I'll have to follow-through if this thread is still up, or I daresay you'll remind me :).
all.

(Italics and bold mine ;) )

:D And a pic of you and your twin pretty please? :) :) :)

[jOe~]

This is what I always wear when I'm working, if its bending metal or in this case building a suana in my basement. Being so conscientious about my appearance, I even shave every couple days. jOe~
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k243/jOe1111/zoebdpic010copy.jpg

[shazza]

I use cement Tamara.The piece is actually nearing completion form wise,then the hard work of sanding,not my fave thing to do
Yes,i wear white but they are overalls and are covered in small splotches of paint(a hand me down from a painter friend)
Am loving the pics of everyone :)

[Alfred]

Thanks for that Tamara, I've always been the funny guy in my circle of friends. I'll think about doing a self portrait in charicature, who knows... it might be fun. Check out the "Just for Fun" thread over in the Art Lounge.

Jim- did you get my message about the Art Inst. in Laguna. If not I'll say it again here. Their web site is www.lagunacollege.edu and if that doesn't work ther's a link at my web site under Links. I will be in a show down there on the 5th of October about 7:00 p.m or so at the 7 degrees gallery, just down the street from the Art Inst. (which by the way is now called the Laguna College of Art and Design. LCAD for short ) Let me know if you'll be down there, so I can keep an eye out for you.

By the way guys... this is what I normally look like.

[jim]

Alfred i got your message! Thanks
I will be in laguna on the 11th 12th of oct. then up to Balboa Island for a few days...Whats a great sushi Place in laguna?

jim

[Merlion]

Gosh! Joe, you have not been involved in a fight in your basement, have you?

[jOe~]

Yes, Merlion. I fought it for more than 8 months and won. I built a bed room, exercise room, bathroom, storage , open play area and a sauna, which we used last winter.
jOe~

[jim]

Hey Joe!!

What type of sauna did you use?
I will be putting one in this winter. any tips?

Thanks jim...

[jOe~]

jim, it was made of clear t&g cedar(quite spendy), my own design. Private messages would be best to follow up on this as its not a sculpture related topic.

jOe~

[dondougan]

two versions of my visage circa Fall 2005 in Cortona as photographed by photography instructor Frank Hamrick

[dondougan]

sorry, seems I'm seeing double

[dilida]

ok, I'm trying to post my face, did it work?

[Merlion]

ok, I'm trying to post my face, did it work?
Ok. I can see a nice looking face. I expect the rest is also yours, isn't it? (Just joking.) :) :)

[HorseModels]

I didn't have time to read ALL of the nine pages, but what I did read really made me laugh. You guys are a hoot! Here is myself exploring Ape Cave near Mt St Helens, WA working on my book off of my website www.ApeCave.com

http://www.apecave.com/images/meatball.jpg

[F.C. White]

This is me and my buddy Jim at my shop in Alaska. I'm the one making the pour.

[dilida]

very nice F.C. White....I aways tell people, when I give a tour at the foundry, that basically the lost-wax and bronze casting hasn't changed much in the last couple thousand years, now I have proof! I wonder if I can get the guys at the foundry to try the fur look.

[F.C. White]

I'd recommend leggings and covering for one's feet....!!

[Lunarburn]

ericinthegrind.jpg

[cooljamesx1]

www.myspace.com/ja_ro

cheack it out

maybe some other people are on there too

[ajoysisk]

Forgiveness requested...email has been costly until right about NOW...free wireless has been found. So the camera is going into my bag tomorrow morning and I'll try to post a pic from the drawing/sculpture studio. Thanks for the gentle reminder...can't post any images of my twin (she would disown me for circulating her image on the web). You can imagine her, though...about an inch shorter and well-fed as opposed to my gaunt self. Actually, we are very much our own people physically and mentally, and don't like comparisons. So scratch that, I guess.

The wireless, though free, will be accessed infrequently...I won't be here too often. You can find me at http://www.maohao.com/amanda/blog.

Soon. Promise. Can't promise it has been worth the wait.

[ajoysisk]

http://static.flickr.com/112/279986641_4a8ac6e93c_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/88/279986643_971fbeb38c_m.jpg

[jOe~]

ajoysisk, that photo is too dim. I want to peer in to your soul. Can we have a peek?

jOe`

[HappySculpting]

Hi Ajoysisk, Your photo satisfied my curiousity somewhat. Thank you. Quite mysterious you are but enough info is there for me to gather that you have a pretty form and face. Why the pose in front of that particular painting? Do you love the figure and is that your inspiration in your art? Camille's photo had slightly more candle light illuminating her face then yours does. Just a wee bit more light would have revealed your eyes, the window to your soul. But that's o.k. Thanks for posting... it was worth the wait.

And thanks to all the others who have posted pics recently. ;)

~Tamara

[HorseModels]

Here's a better close-up of me and my Red Toy Poodle, Dillon. We had just climbed in and out of Amboy crater (the volcano) off of Route 66.

http://www.HorseModels.com/Images/amboy.jpg

If you want to see more of me and Dillon (but not TOO much more, LOL! :eek: ), you can visit Dillon's gallery at http://www.MrDillon.com

[jOe~]

Debbie, he is a cutie. If you scroll toward the start of this thread there should be a photo of my best friend. He is part poodle, but not toy as he stands as tall as me. He is half wolf hound and half standard poodle. Dogs are amazing animals!

jOe~

[HorseModels]

Debbie, he is a cutie. If you scroll toward the start of this thread there should be a photo of my best friend. He is part poodle, but not toy as he stands as tall as me. He is half wolf hound and half standard poodle. Dogs are amazing animals!

jOe~

Hey, jOe! I went back in the thread and found your photo of Max. I do see a family resemblence there, maybe in the chin! Aren't dogs great? They make you laugh when you feel like crying. We have Dillon's son too whose name is Dillon's Trouble in Paradise, DJ for short (for Dillon Jr). Trouble is his middle name and he sure lives up to it. Next time I name a dog, it will be sweetie-pie, snookums or some other sugary-sweet name that they won't have to live up to, LOL! :D

[ajoysisk]

Happy Sculpting, you are welcome. The charcoal drawing in the picture is the first drawing I have done in a long, long time.

[HappySculpting]

Ajoysisk- Oh, I do hope you post a closeup of this charcoal drawing in the thread on drawing that we have here on the board. :o From what I can see, the anatomy is spot on and the contrast and lighting is intriguing.

Debbie- Thanks for the closeup. I was just thinking of asking for a pic where we could see a little more of what you look like. It's great to see who you are and your little companion too!

~Tamara

[cooljamesx1]

gosh this is a long thread, so I guess I'll join in. I really just like to look at myself hahaha:

[GlennT]

CoolJamesx1:

Your features and expression remind me of James Earle Fraser. He was an apprentice of Augustus Saint Gaudens and became a great and prolific sculptor, much work done in Washington DC, and a great medalist whose work includes the Buffalo nickel and the Oregon trail commemorative half dollar, along with his very talented sculptor/wife Laura Gardin Fraser.

GlennT

[cooljamesx1]

thanks, glenn. I googled him and found some pretty cool stuff. I like his work. It seems that there are some great american sculptors that are sometimes overlooked.

-james

[jynja]

I am the one in white, I don't know who that is standing next to me.
Jyn

[jynja]

What a great group of intellect and humor, not to mention fabulous physical presence, as well.

Thanks for the thread. I spent an hour reading, then decided to join in. But, I realized, having searched both our computers, and another hour later, that the most recent photo of me was taken 2 years ago.

I then decided to dive into an old box of photos that my mother had given over to my care years ago to find that one photo that sticks in my mind's eye, of just who I really am. Unfortunately that particular photo must be in Mom's album at Mom's house. Another 2 hours spent. However, I did find one in that series whereby, my brother is carrying my suitcase and teddy.

Then and now, I was thinking of taking a photo of my foot in one of my favorite shoes. But that would take another hour for a pedicure as I wouldn't want to show an unmanicured foot in "that" shoe.

I feel like I have just relived Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall without having ever left the comfort of my easy chair. I think I might just scan all those old photos into the computer and give them back to Mom for Christmas. That ought to take another year or two.

Since the photo above, I have gained weight, lost weight, cut my hair off (due to the rescue of a baby squirrel) grown it back out, died it big bird yellow, flame red and various other colors since I am a hairdresser by day.

What was hard for me, was posting a photo that was not what I would have considered my best. That is where my psychie or ego got involved. Eventually my ego lost, as one of the chapters in my future book will be entitled "old, toothless and scarfaced."

So, since I posted the old one I might as well post the young one of "young, toothless and scarfaced."

Jyn

[HorseModels]

Here is myself with my twin sister, Vicki, when we were very young. I'm the one on the right. :)

http://www.HorseModels.com/Images/TWINS.jpg

[jOe~]

The twin photos are too darn cute! Hmmm, come to think of it, I looked my best as a baby, Its all been down hill since.

jOe~

[fused]

Here's a pic from last week.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/fused/ART/ASVonnegutinstalled.jpg

and an attachment to keep up with recent trends

[tobias]

haha this has gotten sort of fun since i looked last i love the pet bit so here are my owners

[Berinje']

Debbi and Fused, the photos of you as little children are just adorable! And Tobias, you have two beautiful looking owners. Here's a photo of me as a little 'toe-head' (meaning light white hair as a child). And here's my regal owner striking a pose, Vogue, Vogue, Vogue.

[Darkcloud]

... uh... been looking for a pic since the first few pages of this thread... I'm usually at the other end of the camera... Eric

[BobClyatt]

Still finding my way around -- thx Tamara for starting all this -- looks like I'll need to range further on this forum than the "Figurative Sculpture" threads!

Here's one a friend snapped of me recently looking far too intense (I think that is my normal expression when sculpting, though!) It's not a self portrait, but being my own model sometimes has several advantages -- availability, never complains, shows up to work, and price is right :-)



http://www.clyattsculpture.com/sitebuilder/images/Bob_Sculptinr_1_Resized_correct_colors_Bob_Clyatt_ Sculpture-283x356.jpg

[cooljamesx1]

thats a good picture, with your head at the same angle and much the same expression as the model you are working. cool.

[BobClyatt]

James,
Pure coincidence! but that's why of the handful she shot that day I like this one best.

[Paulart52]

I swear I did not have grey hair till I went into the woods.....Paul in Orlando

[marblecutter]

This is a photo taken by my best friend Michael Alford, an Atrist's Artist.
claude in the El Paso Desert, Franklin Mountain (Artist as Art Series)

[weseye]

Here is a digital enhancement of me.

Jeff (weseye) Wesley

[Tired Iron]

Saddam? Is that you, Saddam? :eek:

[circeart]

Here's a photo of me from last year. And this is my hand working on a few of my ceramic pieces. :p

[HappySculpting]

Hi Circeart,

Must've missed seeing your post. Thanks for sharing your pics. Ceramic work is something I love to do also. :)

Maybe some of the newer members can post a photo of themselves too...

~Tamara

[marblecutter]

Reflection on a stainless steel sculpture at the World Sculpture Park

[Tinkerbell]

kind of happy, kind of sad
kind of mellow, kind of mad
a full moon Friday will show my face
strong and seductive with a silvery trace :rolleyes:

[frozenimage]

Once it is caught, in full moon's light,
A classic image, bears sheer delight.
Hex times 3 and hail to seven,
Graven Images, divine as Heaven.

[Tinkerbell]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm.
A lovely hex on its way to you x

[Daniel]

Here's my masterpiece.

[Merlion]

Daniel, This tread asks what do you look like. Do you mean that is you, or your masterpiece creation?

[StevenW]

Better late than never I guess. I still haven't had time to go through all the threads, I'm so busy and I missed this one. I love to be able to put faces with names because the anonymity of the web bothers me and I'm a very visual person.
Here's me at Christmas with Wishes and Dreams, Yule Marble miniatures of Santa and a Christmas Tree done with a jewelers file. Royal felt pouches and lace are hand sewn and foam (not shown) protect the figures in an engraved maple box. The table is English Oak and family made as well. :)

[Merlion]

According to Google, Tinkerbell looks like this:

http://z.about.com/d/hotels/1/0/W/G/tinkerbell.jpg

Tamara looks like this:

http://images.apple.com/moviesxml/s/independent/posters/tamara_l200602021712.jpg

And Merlion looks like this:

http://www.everrox.com/images/05/June/merlion.jpg

[Ries]

When I am working, I look like this-
I was unloading these sculptures to install them at a light rail stop on Colorado Boulevard, in Denver.

Then, when I am not working, I like a nice suit.

[evaldart]

Me and the kids, me and Tank my 14 year old man-eater, me installing.

Ries, no doubt a good time will be had when that suit goes on. I go for the heavy-metal concert tee when I tear it up.