appreciation , to Aurora

[cletusugoabunwa]

thank you ,aurora for the words of encouragement.
Actually, there is a very clear distinction between African touristic art,often called (airport art)and African contemporary art.You may be right from one perspective, but the earlier one understands these differences,the more one learns to appreciate the creative abilities and dynamism of black African art and aesthetics

Some how ,Anne may understand easily ,having had ,according to her an experience with African artist and enviroment.

working with iron wood,could be very very interesting as well as challenging, to effect a great progress, one needs a lot of courage,patience and techniques to be able to manipulate through the fibres.
Dear Aurora,l would encourage you to try again and again, but most essentially, make sure your chisels, especially the gourges are very sharp.my first experience was indeed frustrating.Remember that pratice leads to perfection.
in my wood works l use mainly manual tools,chisels, rasp files ,often l use power tools for giant wood projects.While in stone works l use power tools.
visit my yahoo briefcase , to view some photos of my recent exhibition of wood sculptures and relief works in fiber glass.

cletus oseloka ugoabunwa(sculptor)
(yugos_honesty@yahoo.co.uk)
:(

[Aurora]

Thank you Cletus

My knives are as sharp as they can be and I'm going to have another go at it. I'm thinking that maybe it is not going as fast as I'd like it to, so I give up thinking I've done it ineffeciently. For me, with softer woods, cutting into the grain is taboo, but I will try that approach with iron wood.

I tried to find your work but got lost in the Yahoo maze. Can you give directions to finding your pictures?

[cletusugoabunwa]

hi aurora,
as much as l wish to see your sculptures, l am happy you promised to try iron wood again.l wish you good luck as you drive your sharp tools into the wood, but remember to be security conscious, ok.
Locate my works at , http:uk.briefcase.yahoo.com/yugos_honesty

or simply open yahoo briefcase, type in my ID(yugos_honesty)
enter my invisible password, then log in,view my photos.
hope to hear from you again.



Cheers!
cletus ugoabunwa.:(

[cletusugoabunwa]

Creative gentlemen/ladies,
The first nature of a creative person is experimentation.The life style of a visual artist, is firstly identifying the useful, and durable sculpture materials around him,secondly meditate silently about this material.Then a creative flow of ideas will enter your inner man, concerning how best to use it.
In my past and immediate enviroment, l was and l am exposed to different durable sculpture materials,l tried to experiment with these materials.As a result of my training backgroud also, l am able to achieve positve results.
A sculptor should not limit his research/experimentation to only one sculpture material,try to diversify .l am happy ,l am able to work with different materials, l also believe every sculptor is capable of expressing himself or herself in an y material, if he or she has no chioce.
Good friends,l have in my briefcase some of my recent works in wood/fibre glass.Soon l shall send in my stone works. View these photos at:http:uk.briefcase.yahoo.com/yugos_honesty
or simply.....open yahoo briefcase,enter my ID....yugos_honesty. enter the password which is invisibly there.
then log in, to view my photos........thank you,
cletus ugoabunwa.(sculptor)