Port Townsend Artist Sandra Stowell

All about creating my artwork, artwork in progress, & displaying new artwork.

Category: Sculpture

  • Molds and Makings

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    My “Blue Ruins” mold has now been involuntarily retired after five casts.  It was such a compromised mold that I am delighted to get any good casts from it! It tore today when I removed it from the second concrete cast (digital foil of the photo above right). I have been working on several epoxy…

  • Resin Casts Finish Work

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    I am plugging away on resin casts (both this “Ruins” and my Moon Snail.  Somehow they just look naked when they emerge from the mold.  At first the new cast delights me:  if the casting is a success I have a new “baby”!  But after a few days I find myself a bit less satisfied……

  • An Art Sale

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    My second art sale for the Moon Snail! I just SOLD this guy today!  I expected to sell the concrete cast for outdoor display, but … the buyer fell in love with this resin yellow guy instead. So she has decided on a place to mount or hang her “chicken head” moon snail inside her…

  • Finish Work

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    These concrete cast required a little touch up (filling air bubbles!) and have been sealed with a clear waterproofing. The “Ruins” also got a bit of charcoal rubbed on here & there to show off the relief a bit more in flat/direct light.

  • New casts & more

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  • Artwork in the Studio Today

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    I poured some concrete in the studio today:  I poured concrete into my two most current molds.  So I hope to have good concrete casts of the Moon Snail and the Blue Ruins molds for outdoor display.  I will take them out of the molds Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.  I had a lot of…

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