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I’m always looking for new directions to take with my sculpture creations, so last year I began taking a course offered by the Center for the arts in Bonita Springs. The Couse was entitled advanced sculpture techniques and would run approximately two years. During the course of that time various materials would be explored and utilized in the creative process. The focus was making sculpture from castings. This brought me back to a material I had not used in almost fifty years, clay. Since most of my stone sculptures were carved direct in stone I never used clay to make a model of the stone piece. In order to make a casting, a clay model must be first created which would serve as the final product made from the casting. Various mold techniques were used to capture the clay sculpture. One technique that was used was to make a reusable mold so that multiple sculptures could be made from a single mold. The sculpture represented here was made from a single use mold and the casting was formed inside the mold which then broken away to reveal the sculpture. A clay sculpture was first created and then a plaster cast was applied over the clay sculpture. The clay sculpture was removed and destroyed in the process of removal, leaving the empty plaster cast. This cast was then filled with a combination of resin and hydro-cal plaster. This was a slow process because the resin plaster material had to be brushed in casting several times to achieve the proper thickness. After the resin hydro-cal finally hardened then the plaster cast was broken away to reveal the new resin sculpture. This casting was made from a combination of resin and very hard hyro-cal plaster. The final casting would be extremely hard, durable and light in weight since it was only ¼ inch thick. Once sealed and painted it could be place outdoors impervious to the elements For the final coating of my sculpture I chose a bronze infused paint that could be treated with acid to create a natural bronze patina effect and then sealed. This sculpture can be place indoors or outdoors.
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I’m always looking for new directions to take with my sculpture creations, so last year I began taking a course offered by the Center for the arts in Bonita Springs. The Couse was entitled advanced sculpture techniques and would run approximately two years. During the course of that time various materials would be explored and utilized in the creative process. The focus was making sculpture from castings. This brought me back to a material I had not used in almost fifty years, clay. Since most of my stone sculptures were carved direct in stone I never used clay to make a model of the stone piece. In order to make a casting, a clay model must be first created which would serve as the final product made from the casting. Various mold techniques were used to capture the clay sculpture. One technique that was used was to make a reusable mold so that multiple sculptures could be made from a single mold. The sculpture represented here was made from a single use mold and the casting was formed inside the mold which then broken away to reveal the sculpture. A clay sculpture was first created and then a plaster cast was applied over the clay sculpture. The clay sculpture was removed and destroyed in the process of removal, leaving the empty plaster cast. This cast was then filled with a combination of resin and hydro-cal plaster. This was a slow process because the resin plaster material had to be brushed in casting several times to achieve the proper thickness. After the resin hydro-cal finally hardened then the plaster cast was broken away to reveal the new resin sculpture. This casting was made from a combination of resin and very hard hyro-cal plaster. The final casting would be extremely hard, durable and light in weight since it was only ¼ inch thick. Once sealed and painted it could be place outdoors impervious to the elements For the final coating of my sculpture I chose a bronze infused paint that could be treated with acid to create a natural bronze patina effect and then sealed. This sculpture can be place indoors or outdoors.
I’m always looking for new directions to take with my sculpture creations, so last year I began taking a course offered by the Center for the arts in Bonita Springs. The Couse was entitled advanced sculpture techniques and would run approximately two years. During the course of that time various materials would be explored and utilized in the creative process. The focus was making sculpture from castings. This brought me back to a material I had not used in almost fifty years, clay. Since most of my stone sculptures were carved direct in stone I never used clay to make a model of the stone piece. In order to make a casting, a clay model must be first created which would serve as the final product made from the casting. Various mold techniques were used to capture the clay sculpture. One technique that was used was to make a reusable mold so that multiple sculptures could be made from a single mold. The sculpture represented here was made from a single use mold and the casting was formed inside the mold which then broken away to reveal the sculpture. A clay sculpture was first created and then a plaster cast was applied over the clay sculpture. The clay sculpture was removed and destroyed in the process of removal, leaving the empty plaster cast. This cast was then filled with a combination of resin and hydro-cal plaster. This was a slow process because the resin plaster material had to be brushed in casting several times to achieve the proper thickness. After the resin hydro-cal finally hardened then the plaster cast was broken away to reveal the new resin sculpture. This casting was made from a combination of resin and very hard hyro-cal plaster. The final casting would be extremely hard, durable and light in weight since it was only ¼ inch thick. Once sealed and painted it could be place outdoors impervious to the elements For the final coating of my sculpture I chose a bronze infused paint that could be treated with acid to create a natural bronze patina effect and then sealed. This sculpture can be place indoors or outdoors.
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Reflections Sculpture

Joel Shapses

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I’m always looking for new directions to take with my sculpture creations, so last year I began taking a course offered by the Center for the arts in Bonita Springs. The Couse was entitled advanced sculpture techniques and would run approximately two years. During the course of that time various materials would be explored and utilized in the creative process. The focus was making sculpture from castings. This brought me back to a material I had not used in almost fifty years, clay. Since most of my stone sculptures were carved direct in stone I never used clay to make a model of the stone piece. In order to make a casting, a clay model must be first created which would serve as the final product made from the casting. Various mold techniques were used to capture the clay sculpture. One technique that was used was to make a reusable mold so that multiple sculptures could be made from a single mold. The sculpture represented here was made from a single use mold and the casting was formed inside the mold which then broken away to reveal the sculpture. A clay sculpture was first created and then a plaster cast was applied over the clay sculpture. The clay sculpture was removed and destroyed in the process of removal, leaving the empty plaster cast. This cast was then filled with a combination of resin and hydro-cal plaster. This was a slow process because the resin plaster material had to be brushed in casting several times to achieve the proper thickness. After the resin hydro-cal finally hardened then the plaster cast was broken away to reveal the new resin sculpture. This casting was made from a combination of resin and very hard hyro-cal plaster. The final casting would be extremely hard, durable and light in weight since it was only ¼ inch thick. Once sealed and painted it could be place outdoors impervious to the elements For the final coating of my sculpture I chose a bronze infused paint that could be treated with acid to create a natural bronze patina effect and then sealed. This sculpture can be place indoors or outdoors.

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Size:19 W x 39 H x 10 D in

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As an Award winning sculptor my works are prominently displayed in private collections and public venues throughout North and South America. The more, avant garde statements that are made in the mixture of neon, led lights, metal, fused glass and stone media to elicit an excitement that occurs when the artist takes a quantum leap toward ingenuity. Whether realistic or abstract, the viewer's tactile senses are aroused with almost a sense of urgency to explore each form in greater depth than just visually. Born in New Jersey, Have spent most of my life on the Eastern coast of the U.S. Having an inherent artistic gift, I began sculpting in a primitive way at the age of five. Much of my schooling concentrated on the sciences. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from C.W. Post College in 1967 where I also minored in sculpture. It was during these studies here that famed sculptor and professor, Alfred Van Loen, recognized my talent. After college I then completed four years at Temple University where I graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1971. I traveled throughout the world at which time I acquired much knowledge about how and where various stones were quarried and how various civilizations had used them creatively throughout the centuries. Soon after my travels, I relocated to South Florida, which has remained my residence since 1972. I practiced general and cosmetic dentistry in the Ft Lauderdale area from 1972 to 2006 creating a dual career, dentistry and sculpture. Early on in my sculpting career, I worked under the same roof as famed sculptor Enzo Gallo. From a period of over the fifty years I have exhibited in many shows and has won over seventy awards and recognitions and have completed over six hundred works of art. My works are in private and corporate collections in North and South America. While in Ft. Lauderdale I owned an Art Gallery (Gallery 421) and created my works in my studio in Ft Lauderdale for over thirty years.. Some of my commissions include Saks FifthAve in New York and Michiagan as well as Temple Emanuel in Ft Lauderdale Florida In July ‘07 I relocated to Naples and has since the opened a studio and showroom located at the Artisan’s Plaza 5670 Shirley St in Naples, FL. Gallery representation : Gallery on Fifth, Mercato, North Naples, FL East West Fine Art,Naples,Fl Joel Shapses Sculpture Gallery, Naples,Fl

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