Meet the Artist: Cristina Zinnia Galliher Artful Gathering was established in 2009 by Cristina Zinnia Galliher. She has been an artist all her life and has been presenting online art workshops and artists for nearly ten years. Prior to the founding of Artful Gathering, Zinnia established Roses On My Table.com, where she shares her art interests [...]
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From the Artist Your product FIXIT Sculpt was suggested to me by an artist friend for use on an upcoming public sculpture project. The project, TREAD is a temporary sculptural installation, that at low tide depicts a pair of deer perched atop stilts, walking among an abandoned piling field in Casco Bay in Portland, Maine. [...]
Artist: Jesica Perez Bianciotto I moved to this country in 2006. Not speaking the language I had no choice but work in cleaning jobs and I did this for 10 years. By 2016 I had a great job in a high end Hotel, with a good salary, benefits and all that jazz. But I was [...]
Artist: Kendall R. Hart It was the beauty and fantasy inherit in a botanical garden that first inspired my vision for Gardens of Myth. I have worked for years installing life size dinosaur shows in such venues and my own love of mythological creatures suggested the idea. Botanical gardens so easily transport us into a world [...]
Check out these classes by Minneapolis Mosaic Artist Sharra Frank https://sharrasmosaicsecrets.com/p/the-secrets-of-mosaicking-with-beads https://sharrasmosaicsecrets.com/p/ornament-class https://sharrasmosaicsecrets.com/p/base-and-sculpture-making-for-mosaics https://sharrasmosaicsecrets.com/p/sculpted-mirror-class-feb-2019
by Cheryl Sykora I have a really short needled, mother nature developed ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, bonsai that is best shown as a semi-cascade. If everybody remembers the earlier article on ponderosa pine, short needle ponderosas grow naturally in areas of the Rockies. The ponderosa, when tipped sideways to achieve the semi-cascade, exposed a long [...]
Marvel Legends Shuma Gorath was made to be in scale with Marvel Legends action figures (1:12). He is fully sculpted with Aves Apoxie Scuplt. By Christopher Robinson
I'm very pleased with how the LFL turned out. The look is a close approximation of the actual Trinidad Memorial lighthouse. Applying stucco would have been messy, and harder to work with. The Apoxie was perfect! Below are photos pre and post paint. 92 lbs of Apoxie used (yellow purchased from you, and 16 lbs [...]
I use Apoxie Sculpt for this kind of work due to the simplicity of it, it has a great workable consistency and a fantastic working time. There is always plenty of time to really refine the sculpt without the feeling of having to rush. The strength and hardness after curing is also a huge benefit. [...]
"Sometimes you get a customer caped deer and it's a little short , so I sculpted in a little tree bark with Aves ClayShay and colored with oil paints to save him from buying a new Cape. Thanks for providing great products. Joe Simmons, Simmons wildlife; Slippery Rock, PA