Cement carved heads

The following are some of the latest Heads that I have created.

Each are about 14" tall and weigh approximately 25 to 30 pounds each.

  

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Stone guardian spirits

Stone guardian spirits

This is my latest fetish. His name is George and I enjoyed creating him so much I have decided to creat an entire city, not just the family. Yes, freinds, relatives, and total strangers. George is presently visting the Rising Sun Gallery & Art Studio in Fallon, Nevada. Actualy he is looking for a new home to live in.

This is Boo,  (or wind) he is related to George but George  won't admit it.

This one, I haven't decided yet if he is related or just looks related, his name is Gee. Both Boo and Gee will be sitting in the hot tub for about a week to cure. After that I am not sure were they will be living. ( note: all are signed art work and no two are the same as they all hand carved statues)

Butterfly statue

Butterfly

My latest art work. Yard art butterfly and flower. Hand carved cement.

3D Clover statue

 3D Clover

This is my latest sculpture, a 3-D clover sculpted in cement. The process is rather difficult as your working with a semisolid. Cement is poured into a general shaped mold where it cures for a period of time. The trick is not to let it cure too long, where it would be too hard to work with or too short a time and it would fall apart when it was taken out of mold. Once it is out of the mold it can be sculpted into various shapes. Although there are limitations in working with semi-cured cement as too thin and the sculpture would be too brittle or fall apart. Once the sculpture is finished it must be placed in a bath of water for several days. The myth that cement needs to dry is wrong. It is actually the opposite in that cement needs to absorb water and the more water it absorbs the harder and stronger the cement becomes.