Size: 4'X1.5'X1' Medium: clay Year Completed: 1996 Description: This was created during an exchange program to Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. This is the clay sculpture right before I cast it in plaster.
Size: 2.5'X1'X1' Medium: epoxy-plastic cast in plaster mold Year Completed: 1996 Description: I am chipping away at my first cast sculpture, a bust of a Japanese model.
Size: 4'X1.5'X1' Medium: cast epoxy-plastic in plaster mold Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the mold as the epoxy-plastic is setting. From this stage the mold will be assembled, all of the pieces put together and after the plastic is cured, the plaster will be chipped away.
Size: 2'X1.5'X1.5' Medium: clay Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the clay sculpture right before I cast it in plaster. It is a portrait of my husband, John.
Size: 4'X1.5'X1' Medium: cast epoxy-plastic Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the raw epoxy-plastic right after reassembly from its plaster cast. At this point the sculpture is coated in several layers of paint and made to look like bronze.
Size: 2'X1.5'X1.5' Medium: clay Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the finished, cast and painted epoxy-plastic piece from the clay sculpture I rendered of my husband John.
Size: 2'X2'X1.5' Medium: clay Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the clay sculpture right before I cast it in plaster. It is a portrait of a friend of mine, Soni, who lived in the International House with me in Kumamoto, Japan.
Size: 2'X2'X1' Medium: clay Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the clay sculpture right before I cast it in plaster. It is a portrait of my Japanese friend, Megumi.
Size: 2'X2'X1' Medium: clay Year Completed: 1996 Description: This is the clay sculpture right before I cast it in plaster. This was one of Megumia's favorite hats!