art - mostly sculpture currently
mostly for my own amusement, sculpting utilises all the skills practiced over the many decades of breeding, judging and grooming record making show dogs. These years of assessing have developed my eye for 3 dimensional shape appreciation, and what is so appealing is once finished, they are permanent ~ unlike a hair perfect Wire Fox Terrier or Griffon, which only lasts for a few days, yet took many months to create.
Want to get an idea of what goes into making a metal sculpture the 'lost wax' way? look HERE
NEWS: AmStaff in bronze coming very soon!
latest figurine - Standard Smooth Dachshund - "Digger" completed very late 2018
a breed so special to me.... lots of fun making these griffons - hope you enjoy seeing the process!
After trimming both the first male and first female Affenpinschers to win BIS in Australia - they have a certain
appeal to me, so herewith - now permanent in bronze.
Although very similar, they are not identical - the belge girl is more typically feminine with smaller mane,
beard and features, here they are side by side. The male is styled after the famous Banana Joe and both
are styled with inspiration from Ernesto Lara's immaculate presentation.
"Roly Poly" solid sterling silver - part of the trio of size matched whippets
"Poise" solid sterling silver, the 2nd of the trio
"Pounce" from various views - solid bronze
plus short video clip of "Pounce" on turntable - see her from all angles HERE
Trio of playing whippets in bronze
see short video clip on turntable HERE
bronze bull terrier - originally sculpted for fundraising for the Bull Terrier Rescue (Vic)
see short video clip on turntable HERE
pair of pewter griffons - a trial run at coats before casting Griffons and Affenpinschers in Bronze......
Casting in silver, pieces this intricate, with long legs and fine detail presents some tricky challenges for the caster, one by one, we have solved these problems - and herewith the finished sculpt!
After almost one year in the making - 3 sterling silver whippets playing - their playground for this photo is the BIS trophy from Melbourne Royal, which one of our dogs "Ricky" won in 1986.
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more recently - doing some people sculpting - this female torso
is now cast in several materials and finishes -
solid sterling silver whippet figurine - something in the making process of these figurines has ignited a passion in me, it is #1 of what is now my 'trio' of sterling silver whippets playing ~~
see #2 further down ~~ immediatly below is a close up of the hand done coat work
#2
below, casting in another metal, this time stainless steel - high polish
High gloss polish stainless steel whippet
two different hand painted patinas on cast resin bedlingtons
wax of the whippet prior to casting in silver
Pug plate, hand span size, and in stages below...
donated to Qld Griffon Club
butter dish - much fun!
vase - 2ft tall
vase - commission
vase - commission
whippet - traded with a friend for one of her hand made mosaic bird baths
Tri colour Cavalier -
Griffon ceramic painted plate
bedlington ceramic - gift to friend
3 cold cast bronze bedlingtons - 2 sold, 1 donated for auction for funding research into CM/SM in UK -
winning bidder Mrs Margaret Carter
renown campaigner for health improvements in Cavaliers
pastel - hand made Australian pure cotton 300 gsm weight unbleached paper
resin griffon casts, either cold bronze or hand painted acrylic - sold and donated for
research into health in griffons
hand made, pewter medallions for each BOB when judging at SKK, December 2010.
Hand made solid pewter griffon figurine - 5 donated for various fundraisers for griffon health research
acrylic on canvas, our 2 of our Champion & multi BIS griffons, Pumpkin & Pickle
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