Sculpting and Sculpture

Name: Miguel Rodriguez, sculptor Age: 31 Medium: Plaster, clay, glitter, foam, high-gloss auto paint Education: Bachelors in ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute; master of fine arts, UNLV Day job: Part-time art instructor at UNLV Projects and exhibits: Rodriguez designed and created three sculptures for the Clark County Wetlands Park and has been commissioned to create a bronze bust of the late Maude Frazier and bronze portraits of Donald Moyer and James R. Dickinson at the site of the old... Read Full Story

So the election and post-election celebration so back to your regularly scheduled Noadi's Art programming. I recently finished a couple new cuttlefish that were experiments in new techniques. First is this Violet Cuttlefish . I've done a cuttlefish in this color scheme before but the change in this one is that instead of painting the cuttlefish I used a purple blend of premo and super sculpey with just a little bit of painting for accents. The varnish has misty lavender pearl ex mixed in... Read Full Story

Realistic Sculptures by Ron Mueck Sculpture of a Woman by Ron Mueck Realistic Sculptures by Ron Mueck Realistic Sculptures by Ron Mueck from Australia Read Full Story

Looking for some lower priced gifts this year? I have some fun jewelry and ornaments for under $15. The lower price also means you don't need to feel guilty if a kid in your life breaks them, however I don't recommend my jewelry for very young children because there is a potential choking risk from the small pieces. Cthulhu's Gems are inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and are gray tentacles wrapped around a glass gem. The standard necklace with a leather cord is $12.50, or with a sterling silver... Read Full Story

I sculpted this a few days ago and rather like how it turned out even though it wasn't what I planned. Originally the dragon was on a glass ball that I painted the inside so it was all gold and green. I kind of dropped the ornament after baking the dragon so I had to carefully remove the dragon from the broken glass and made the egg to attach him to. I only dropped it about 6 inches onto the counter taking it out fo the toaster oven but it doesn't take much to break a piece of hot glass. The... Read Full Story

I love my Amazon Associates account, once a month they pay me in gift certificates so I can indulge my book addiction (if someone clicks an amazon link from this blog or my Squidoo lenses and buys something I get a percentage). Last few months I've been getting astronomy related stuff but this month I got some clay related books. I bought a metal clay kit back in February but haven't really wrapped my head around it yet, much different feel from polymer clay and it dried very rapidly (partly... Read Full Story

A Wild Man Sculpture by Ron Mueck An old Woman by Ron Mueck Ron Mueck Mask Baby Sculpture by Ron Mueck from Australia Ron Mueck employs imitation and illusion to explore the ambiguous relationship between reality and artifice, creating figures that express the contradictions between the real world and the imaginary. These Sculptures seem to be alive with veins, wrinkles, moles, body hair, rashes etc., Ron Mueck employs imitation and illusion Read Full Story

Michael Jackson 'Self-Harmed' to Get More Painkillers Jacko fans try to pick up the Penguin. Michael Jackson Didn't Really Sound Like a Mouse? Judge allows Jackson mom to challenge over estate Michael Jackson Bankrolls Mama Big-Time The Jackson Kids' HUGE Allowance Michael Jackson finally laid to rest in burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Singer Michael Jackson dies at 50 Tags:Michael Jackson's Sculptures made from Sand,Michael Jackson,Michael Jackson blog,Michael Jackson death,Michael... Read Full Story

I love when boxes from Amazon arrive. This month I used my affiliate earnings to buy 3 books I've had my eye on for a while, Faux Surfaces in Polymer Clay , DIY: Design it Yourself , and Craft Inc . I'm excited about doing some cool faux surface cuttlefish and stuff. The other two are more to help me on the business side of things and I'll be reviewing them on the Handmade Business Blog in the next few weeks. Read Full Story

Fun bit of octopus news, an octopus in California caused a flood . The aquarium also has a flickr set of the event . This of course leads to new octopus jewelry. I now have a good bit of the new line up on my Etsy Shop . I recently got a big new order of supplies so lots of new jewelry is in the works including some cephalopods in pure silver! Trying to expand Noadi's Art into new areas and this higher end line of jewelry is the first step. Last night I set up a facebook page for Noadi's Art... Read Full Story