Hello! I just discovered this great site!

[Sue B.]

I hope this post doesn't show up twice, I tried earlier this morning to post my first thread, but later when I checked, it wasn't showing up. Oh well, that's a newbie for ya!

I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Sue Beatrice. I'm a sculptor living in southern New Jersey.
I've been sculpting commercially for twenty years, but it's time for me to produce some of my own work for a change. This looks like a great place to get tips, encouragement, and educated criticisms. I look forward to being a part of this community!
My business website:
http://www.beatricedesignsinc.com

[Araich]

Good morning Sue, and welcome. It looks to me like you'll have plenty of technical advice to share here yourself. What an amazing profession. Something I'd not even thought of before. How have you been effected by 3D scanning and printing?

[ALH]

I checked out the site, love the 'cars'. With such a fully developed craft you really do have unlimited possibilities, now that you can decide both what and how to create. I love toys and have used some in my own work as found objects. www.hendersonsculpture.com/channel43.htm . Given the scale at which I often work the art-as-commodity toy-as–art conversation is almost a given. I have ideas for future use, which basically involve mimicking common toy styles and co-opting their message.

You must have the hands of a surgeon and nearly crossed eyes to create such small sculptures.

[Sue B.]

Good morning Sue, and welcome. It looks to me like you'll have plenty of technical advice to share here yourself. What an amazing profession. Something I'd not even thought of before. How have you been effected by 3D scanning and printing?
Yes, to some degree the 3D printers have cut into the work, especially in the toy industry, but nothing has hurt as much as the ability of the factories in the orient to produce sculpture for free (or close to it) in order to get the mass production done in their factories. Many companies have stopped having sculptures created in the US altogether.

[Sue B.]

I checked out the site, love the 'cars'. With such a fully developed craft you really do have unlimited possibilities, now that you can decide both what and how to create. I love toys and have used some in my own work as found objects. www.hendersonsculpture.com/channel43.htm . Given the scale at which I often work the art-as-commodity toy-as–art conversation is almost a given. I have ideas for future use, which basically involve mimicking common toy styles and co-opting their message.

You must have the hands of a surgeon and nearly crossed eyes to create such small sculptures.
Your work is wonderfully diverse. Signifier gave me chills, and I really like Ceannmore also, great repair job on the kiln damage!

It's funny, I can work really small, I guess my eyes focus about 8 inches in front of my nose... it takes a while to see straight again after the tiny stuff! I can be quite a klutz, too, though, which just means I have to be just as good at repair as I am at creation! I'm looking forward to working in a larger scale, creating some decent sized bronzes for a change.