Dear Art Lover,
Two years
ago, I held a Kickstarter fundraiser to cast into bronze many of my wax sculptures
that I created when I left my home studio in Texas and began attending an art
school in Florence, Italy. Years later, I
could not stand the idea of losing all of that work just because the market
dropped out (and/or maybe it was my fault for not keeping up with the marketing
end of my business once I got to Italy).
The fundraiser was successful in that we raised the money for the
foundry.
However,
the foundry did not live up to its word, entirely. As the deadline neared, it was clear that
they were not going to finish my work.
My regular foundry had retired and while I got quote from several others
with whom I was familiar, I chose to work with another family run foundry I had
known and worked with for years.
However, these folks are also sculptors and in the end, they chose to
prioritize their own project over those of their clients. I ended up picking up my unfinished bronze
sculptures. So, the waxes were saved as
bronzes, but the work was not entirely finished.
I spend
the recent holiday weekend chasing bronzes.
This means that I carved my sculptures, removing bronze sprue connection
points and investment mold pieces. It
was a lot of work on 28 individual sculptures.
Next will be to straighten out any bends in the metal so that the
bas-relief sculptures lie flat, drill holes for mounting, clean them from all
fingerprints, and then John and I will add the patinas (coloring) and
protective covering, then mount to the stone bases, where appropriate.
One perk
of the timing for this trip back to Texas is that I arrived in time to see the
famous bluebonnets. I hope that you
enjoy these images and thanks for sharing in the art journey.
If you would like to buy a “Ten” or a
“Valentine” bronze sculpture from the Kickstarter fundraiser, or any available
work, please contact me: http://www.borsheimarts.com/contact.htm
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| Butterfly enjoying the Blue! |
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| Bee Feeder - Texas Bluebonnet |
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| Wild Boar Path? |
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I will be
leaving Texas in less than a week and traveling to Florida to help my baby
sister celebrate her marriage. After
that, I will be traveling to see more family in North Carolina and Virginia
before arriving at Don Elliott’s Franklin Barry Gallery on Monday, May 15. I hope to see you there, or later in Austin,
Texas, for a visit [see event information below].
Calendar:
Monday, May 15, 2017: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
The
Franklin Barry Gallery aka The Frame Shop, Indianapolis [normal gallery hours
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.]; 617 Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204;
Tel. 317.822.8455
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Friday and Saturday, May 19-20,
2017: Austin,
Texas
Rue
Artsier presents LiberArte event spettacolo!
Friday,
May 19, 2017 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday,
May 20 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: 615 W. 7th St., 8th Floor, Austin, Texas
78701
R.S.V.P. Brenda@rueartsier.com
Lists
of artists:
Luis
Rico- Mexico
Adrian
Moraru- Moldova
Leandro
Klapputh- Buenos Aires
Maria
Fotaki- Greece
Denis
Chernov- Moscow
Kelly
Borsheim. Austin & Italia
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I
hope to see you!
Peace,
Kelly
