Artist's Blog
Humor in Contemporary Sculpture: Why Wit and Play Belong Alongside Gravity
Contemporary figurative sculpture has quietly made room for wit alongside weight. A working sculptor on how humor, surprise, and play deepen rather than diminish hand-built ceramic work — and why...
Humor in Contemporary Sculpture: Why Wit and Play Belong Alongside Gravity
Contemporary figurative sculpture has quietly made room for wit alongside weight. A working sculptor on how humor, surprise, and play deepen rather than diminish hand-built ceramic work — and why...
The Sculpture of Environmental Loss: How One Series of My Figurative Work Holds Ecological Grief
Hand-built figurative sculpture doesn't argue about environmental loss — it witnesses it. A look at how clay carries ecological grief in ways photography and painting cannot.
The Sculpture of Environmental Loss: How One Series of My Figurative Work Holds Ecological Grief
Hand-built figurative sculpture doesn't argue about environmental loss — it witnesses it. A look at how clay carries ecological grief in ways photography and painting cannot.
Eyes in Figurative Sculpture: How a Gaze Reveals the Inner Life of a Hand-Built Piece
Why a sculpture's eyes — open, closed, or empty — decide the entire mood of a figurative work, and what to look for when you live with one.
Eyes in Figurative Sculpture: How a Gaze Reveals the Inner Life of a Hand-Built Piece
Why a sculpture's eyes — open, closed, or empty — decide the entire mood of a figurative work, and what to look for when you live with one.
Why a Sculpture Looks Different From Every Angle: A Sculptor's Case for Walking Around the Work
A figurative sculpture isn't one image — it changes from every angle. Here's why walking around the work is the whole point of three-dimensional art.
Why a Sculpture Looks Different From Every Angle: A Sculptor's Case for Walking Around the Work
A figurative sculpture isn't one image — it changes from every angle. Here's why walking around the work is the whole point of three-dimensional art.
Pedestals, Plinths, and Display Bases: How the Mount Changes a Sculpture's Meaning
The base is the quiet sentence that introduces a sculpture — pedestal, plinth, or floor — and the choice between them shapes how the work is read, lit, and lived...
Pedestals, Plinths, and Display Bases: How the Mount Changes a Sculpture's Meaning
The base is the quiet sentence that introduces a sculpture — pedestal, plinth, or floor — and the choice between them shapes how the work is read, lit, and lived...
How to Read a Figurative Sculpture: Gesture, Weight, and the Quiet Moment
A practical guide to reading a figurative sculpture — silhouette, gesture, weight, gaze, and the quiet moment between two larger ones. From sculptor Norman Deesing.
How to Read a Figurative Sculpture: Gesture, Weight, and the Quiet Moment
A practical guide to reading a figurative sculpture — silhouette, gesture, weight, gaze, and the quiet moment between two larger ones. From sculptor Norman Deesing.