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Sculpture classes with Colin Fenn, a brief synopsis…

• Beginning with creating the sculpture by working directly in microcrystalline wax, (Victory Brown), a relatively soft carving/casting wax, the sculpture or model is created by removing and or adding wax to or from a basic form.
• This creative process can result in a simple ‘Brancusiesque’ style, illustrating clean abstract, sometimes rather geometrical forms or a more complex realistic animal, vegetable or human shape, which may include compound and sometimes intricate undercuts.
• The sculpture is refined in aspects of surface texture and detail and is for all intents and purposes ready to be taken to the foundry to be cast.

Colin Fenn – renowned sculptor living in the Central West of NSW was guest tutor visiting Merilyn’s classes at her studio and also at Pigments and Palettes in Bathurst.

Colin loves creating interesting creatures and has a cheeky sense of humour.

Have a look at what he has to say about his creatures….all created using the lost wax method.

'My little creatures, (all happy & none of them bad, but full of mischief), are simply objects of sensation and impression. The power of the imagination, mixed with 'modern' and in some cases quite inexpensive materials allow me to 'create' in ceramics, carved stone and metals such as bronze, stainless steel, cast iron and also welded metals (braze welding, Gas metal Arc, Manual metal Arc & TIG)'

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