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KOKOMO OPALESCENT GLASS: America's Oldest Art Glass Company
Art glass are fascinating! They sparkle and shine in rainbow colors. Art glass domes and windows have decorated the some of most beautiful buildings, churches and cathedrals. While photographing some landmark buildings in Chicago, I learnt that many of the decorative art glass were made in Kokomo, Indiana. Like the impressive ceiling at the Auditorium...
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Continuing with studio visits of Contemporary Sculptors of Chicago..
March 26, 2013: Visited studio of sculptor Barbara Cooper
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Barbara Cooper's works are inspired by nature. Whatever medium she is working with steel, wood or even paper; the influence of nature can easily be traced. I have long admired her work and had wished to see her working on a sculpture. I...
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Continuing with studio visits of Contemporary Sculptors of Chicago..
March 25, 2013: Studio Visit of sculptor Marshall Svendsen, to see the recasting of a 1938 sculpture "Fountain Group".
Original - by Harrison Gibbs in 1938
Recast after 75 years, in 2013 by Marshall Svendsen.
In the Bronze Pour, Marshall is being helped by Kelly Ludeking and Eric W. Stephenson.
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Documenting the Lost Wax Method of Metal Casting.
Case-Study: Making of sculpture"Bulldog and Hydrant" - by Marshall Svendsen
Location: Marshall Svendsen's studio "True Form Production".
Multiple studio visits between December 2010, and January & February 2011, to document the various stages of the process.
Casting of a metal sculpture is a long process, very physically demanding and also a...
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