I had the opportunity to sculpt some roses today for a current project that I am working on. It was fun to deter my mind a little and have some fun with creating my own spin on these roses in different shapes and sizes. They are for a religious sculpture that shows Juan Diego kneeling before Guadalupe to give her the roses as he is the first one to discover her.
“Forced Entry” Bronze firefighter sculpture
Forced Entry:
I recently recasted “Forced Entry” which gave me the opportunity to redo the color and make it stand out even more. The photo is showing the first coat of all the whole coloring process or correctly known as “patina.” It is very similar to a primer, but it called “liver” which is similar to a sulfur. Once it has contact with the bronze it turns the bronze black. It was fun going down memory lane and remembering where I was back then and where I am today as a sculptor.
Details, Details and Details!
Details shape all of use. In my art, not one stitch is left out. This makes your monument, your sculpture, your legacy different from the rest. -Austin Weishel
Fighting along with my brother
We all start somewhere
Every time I set up my boots I think about the first time I stepped into a fire house when I was young in Chicago.
With the fresh smell of a past structure fire to that family type atmosphere that surrounds every firefighter, it’s one of those things that never gets old… and the rush is what we all live for…
Emotions are Transferred
Clay shapes me as much as I shape it. One of the greatest beauties of my sculptures is emotion. As I feel sad, happy, angry or excited, it will be shaped into the clay and then captured forever into Bronze. -Austin Weishel
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