Q: I have a new unfinished wood sculpture that I want to use as a centerpiece in a flower bed. I plan to stain it, but don't know what to use for a clear top coat - polyurethane? laquer? something else?
A: yacht varnish, works for me!
This is a redwood sculpture about 15 inches tall. The arm is 1/2 inch diameter, very delicate. I have used wood glue to repair it tentatively. How do I make it stronger?
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John Wayne Airport displays wood sculptures by Dan Southern
A electing of wood sculptures by Orange County artist Dan Southern are on display now through July 30, 2012 in the Thomas F. Riley Control panel as part of John Wayne Airport's Community Focus Space Program. Southern's employment can be seen on the departure and more »
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Art gallery awaits behind residential facade
Capacious sculptures in the lawn at 148 Ervin lead motorists to the Andre Christine Gallery and Gingras Studio. Paintings, prints, lens, metal and wood sculptures unite to form the current exhibit – “Contemporary Skylines and Architecture.
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Huntington Acquires Renaissance Sculpture Unique to the U.S. 1522–27), a well-preserved, expertly carved polychrome and gilt wood sculpture newly attributed to know sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, Giovan Angelo del Maino (ca. 1470–ca. 1536). Also acquired at the meet on May 5 was a French Barbizon Huntington buys 16th century 'St. George and the Dragon' statueall 2 scandal articles » |
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Shaping a flexible forest By Laura Mueller Progression 1: Rick Lazes begins his creative process with sketches and makes scale models of each dry sculpture. His team then makes 3-D computer models before bending the wood. Photos by Laura Mueller Step 2: The board is steamed in an |
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Sculpting the abaniko a bronze sculpture of a laughing Buddha hauling symbols of good fortune under the shade of a fan bedecked in coins (Buddha's Blessings), to a theatrical wooden carving of a about Asian face from which springs a painted fan decorated with |