Creation of Bronze Garden Sculpture

Dear Art Lover,

     Ok, I just finished one page about my new bronze sculpture "Rock Towers and Frogs."  It has a lot of images about the process I went through to create the piece and some of the foundry work.  I will have more in the next art newsletter that I am starting to write now.. after a wee break from the computer.  Thank you for your interest.  Please share this page if you enjoy it.  http://www.borsheimarts.com/sculpture/2016/RockTowersFrogGardenSculpture.htm

Peace,

Kelly

P.S.  Please check out the “Raccolta e Regalo” sale I am having on selected artworks.. good through Dec 31, 2016.  http://www.borsheimarts.com/SaleArt2016-LaRaccoltaeIlRegalo.htm

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Insulation foam used for sculpture armature

Driving the sculpture to Pietrasanta, the city of sculpture

Tuscan Christmas Trees

Dear Art Lover,

     While Pescia is known in Italy, especially in Tuscany, for growing flowers and shipping worldwide, apparently the small village in Valleriana (the hills north of Pescia) called Castelvecchio is the home of Christmas trees.  Father and son team Renzo and Alfio Marchini grow the trees on various plots of land around Castelvecchio.  Renzo told me recently that not only are their trees shipped all over Italy, but also in Switzerland.  That surprised me, for I never imagined Switzerland having a lack of trees!

Alfio and father Renzo ship Christmas trees all over Italy and more.

     So, if you would like a happy tree that is freshly cut from the hills in Tuscany, contact Renzo or Alfio at (0039) 0572.40.00.86  Enjoy these selected images of the trees in their happy birthplace and the men who find them homes for their Christmas joy.  Vivaio Alberi di Natale!

Peace,

Kelly

P.S.  Please check out the “Raccolta e Regalo” sale I am having on selected artworks.. good through Dec 31, 2016.  http://www.borsheimarts.com/SaleArt2016-LaRaccoltaeIlRegalo.htm

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Alfio and friends are filling orders for Christmas Trees!

Looking up towards the Pieve (Church) in Castelvecchio, Italy

Raccolta dei Alberi di Natale - Overlooking Sorana, Italy

Christmas trees grow surrounded by olive grove and beans.

La Raccolta e Il Regalo

A Night's Promise-Pastel

Dear Art Lover,

     La Raccolta e il Regalo is Italian for 'The Harvest and the Gift.' It describes my special November and December 2016 offer:

     If you buy one (or more) of the selected original artworks shown on this page (sculptures, drawings, and paintings, about 35 in total), you will receive a gift certificate for 20% of the value of your art purchase (shipping not included) to use towards more art for you or someone important to you. For example, if you buy a large charcoal drawing for $1800 (most are framed), you will receive a gift certificate towards any other available Borsheim artwork, reproduction, books, note cards, etc. for the amount of $360 [1800 * .20].

     You may also take advantage of the studio's LayAway Plan, but the first payment MUST be made before Dec. 31, 2016.

http://www.borsheimarts.com/pricelist.htm#layaway

     The offer expires end of year 2016. However, the gift certificate expires when the artist does.

The artworks shown online here: http://www.borsheimarts.com/SaleArt2016-LaRaccoltaeIlRegalo.htm

are listed by their current location within the US. The weight and dimensions of the artwork(s) and the point of origin will help me give you a shipping quote. Please send inquiries directly to the studio here: http://www.borsheimarts.com/contact.htm

     I am sharing a few of the selected artworks here, but visit the page to see all.  Click on each image on that page that interests you for more and larger views and information. Thank you for your collecting and sharing!

    

Peace,

Kelly

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P.S.  Happy birthday, Aunt Nancy and Kumiko!

La Raccolta delle Olive

Dear Art Lover,

     So, what I have learned my first late summer and now fall in my new home is that September and November will be the months in which I do not want to have a bronze sculpture coming to completion at the foundry, nor do I want to have an exhibition or anything that takes me away from le raccolte (Italian for “the harvests).  September in these parts is the harvest of the famous white bean of Sorana and November, of course, is the olive harvest, as it is in most all of Italy.

     Here are a few of my favorite snapshots from this year’s effort… the land here is much more terraced than the gentle slopes in Casignano (outside of Florence) where I normally help with la raccolta delle olive.

     You may see more images on my upcoming newsletter, which I hope to publish around the Thanksgiving holiday with a very special offer.  You may subscribe (it is FREE!) if you like, as well as check out past issues to make sure you WANT to subscribe at:

http://www.borsheimarts.com/newsletter.htm

Setting out the nets the night before la raccolta begins

I will be at the foundry for the next couple of days, and otherwise, writing… and we still have not finished the harvest.  The rains are holding much of that up.

Peace,

Kelly

http://BorsheimArts.com

Gregory has a difficult time understanding nets

One sunny morning, but we also harvested under clouds

Picking by hand still happens

Filtering out foliage

Sparse olive branches overlook the fields of rape

Gregory helps with olive harvest - not

Gregory tries to eat cascading olives