I woke up early this morning and decided to run out to Freshfields Village to take some pictures of the frogs at Carolina Clay Gallery. There was a brisk chill in the air and the light was very good. This was the first time that I have been there at the crack of dawn and [...]
In my last blog post I mentioned that we used corten steel for the family practice piece and I thought it would be interesting to discuss the use of stainless steel in my sculptures today. Stainless steel is always made using chromium. The minimum amount of chromium used to make stainless steel is 10.5%; it [...]
I was recently walking in downtown Charleston and came across this “blast from the past”. This was my first piece of metal sculpture that I worked on with dad. The year was 1979 and I was thirteen years old. He was commissioned by the Medical University of South Carolina to build a sculpture that would [...]
As I was viewing the previous post I noticed how the patina was an excellent example of a prototypical finish that I strive for. The patina process is very much an art in and of itself. The three main ingredients for my patinas are water, acid, and patience. Weather plays a big role in the [...]
