Steve Worthington's Critterville

I've long enjoyed small animal bronzes and apparently sculptor Steve Worthington enjoys them as well. If you like small bronzes with a big attitude check his work out at his gallery.

Needle Felted Sleeping Kitten

I'm more of a dog person than a cat person but this handmade soft wool sculpture of a sleeping kitty by Janice Cordeiro really caught my eye. Looks like it's getting ready to wake up at any moment. Visit her and view the other soft sculptures that she's made.

Recycled/Found Material Motorcycle Sculpture

I really enjoy this guy's work. It's very entertaining and fresh and the fact that he uses found materials only adds to the creativity behind his work. You can see more of Jim Lakey's work at his Etsy gallery.

"Spartan Fury!"

Finally done with my version of King Leonidas of the Spartans. This is a large piece coming in at 26" high x 18" deep x 17" wide.

For purchasing information please visit me at snarlingcrow.com.

Creatures of the Golden Forest Collection/Initial Casting Release

Snappy's taking a snooze after eating only half of his hot dog. That's the way to live when you are as laid back as he is.

Help support your favorite animal shelter when you purchase any of The Creatures of the Golden Forest Collection.

"Siesta Time"

5" high x 3 3/4" wide x 5" deep

"Kisses For Sale"

Tough economic times has driven this wild-eyed Romeo to offer his smooches in exchange for a little green.
I hope his little business venture proves to be successful.

Original sculpture
7 1/2" high x 6" wide x 7 1/2" deep
Purchasing info at snarlingcrow.com.

"Cool Daddy Golfer Man" & "Twisted Thinking"

"Twisted Thinking"

7 5/8" high x 3" wide x 3" deep
Original Sculpture

Close-up details

"Cool Daddy Golfer Man"
7 1/2" high x 4" wide x 4" deep
Original Sculpture

For purchasing info please visit snarlingcrow.com

Original One-of-a-Kind Mobile Sculptures

"Hog-O-Taur" Gargoyle Mobile

4 1/2" wide x 4" high x 5" deep

"Toucan" Whimsical Mobile

8 1/2" long x 4 1/2" high x 3" deep

Gothic Gargoyle Molds For Sale

Here are two gargoyle figures that I am offering the high quality silicone rubber/fiberglass molds for all of those do-it-yourselfers out there that would like the capability of casting many copies and putting your own finish/paint jobs onto.

The figure above is my Long-Tailed Red Devil Guardian gargoyle sculpture with my finish applied.

Here is my popular "Tortured Face" gothic gargoyle-like wall sculpture in a bronze metal coated finish. The mold for this one is for the front facial half of the head all the way back to the ears. The mold for the back of the head is not included at this time.

The Latest Buzz ... Yellow Jacket/Hornet Mascot

Desktop Size ... Coming soon in large fiberglass animal size!

There's Nothing Like Falcon Pride!

Freeport High School in Maine recently installed one of my mascot statues outside of their gymnasium entrance. I commend them on their placement of the mascot. Beautifully displayed!

Golf Lover Collectibles

©Five Wood Duck Head

It's true that Christmas is officially over but those golf lovers are forever needing something cool to remind them of the links that are forever beckoning them.

"Fighting The Double Forked Tongue"

This is a bizarre wall sculpture that I did back a few years ago after photographing a cloud formation that got my attention one bright spring day.

The more that I stared at the photo this was the dominant image that kept coming to me. This is a great method for shaking up the creative juices when looking for a starting place for a particular art project.

Not available for sale.

One-of-a-Kind Bizarre Wall Sculpture Mask

One day, totally out of the blue, I had an idea that I wanted to play around with so I started sculpted a really large face. Before I finished, I didn't like what I had did so I began tearing away clay and to make a long story short, I ended up with this final design in which I fabricated a one off fiberglass casting. I hung this mask up for a while before I eventually sold it. I miss seeing it around ... thinking about doin' another similar one sometime in the near future.

Bizarre sculpture? Yeah it is but considering the sculptor ... quite fitting.

Demented Torture Wall Sculpture ... The Psychology Behind Dark Gothic Art

I sure hope that you weren't expecting a discussion about why a sculptor creates dark sculptures. All that I can say about it personally is that it feels cleansing. Besides that, it's just another day in my demented, tortured world ...
Why can't everyone be this happy?

Wind Sculptures ... Time To Play!!!

I fabricated these fiberglass panels and then let the wind do the rest.
One of the more colorful and active pecan groves you'll see in the county.

This is the kind of stuff that keeps me young!

Wall Sculpture Exercise ... Create & Destroy

I have to do this little creative sculpture technique every now and then to keep everything balanced. I create a wall sculpture (or any other type of sculpture) and then destroy it. The lesson supposed to teach me to learn to let go of my sculpted creations without getting too attached. This is something that I have heard certain sculptors discussing before in sculpture forums and this is one of the better actions to take to remedy that mindset. For this exercise I simply fastened a few 4" thick foam squares to my relief board with a general idea of what I wanted to create, which was, at a minimum, a larger than life male head and torso wall sculpture and see how far that I could get in two hours.

Here is the end result after two hours. Understand that I am leaving out a great deal of in-between working time but the majority of time spent was taking large slabs of sculpting clay and jamming it all around the foam squares as I 'fleshed out' my form.

I came back later that night and took this photo before I tore it down. I have to admit that I really wasn't pleased by the destruction but I know that it's a necessary evil that produces, I believe, better sculpted art works down the road.

Gargoyles Here!!! Gargoyles There!!! Gargoyle Art Sculpture Everywhere!!!

One of my gargoyle's standing by his victim. LOL

Gargoyles hanging from buildings everywhere!!!

Without a doubt, one of my favorite art forms

Medieval Torture Sculpture + Evil Spirits = A Unique Garden Decor

It's an amazing facet of creative thinking where we begin with an idea that eventually materializes in a completely different way than we had originally imagined. I had started a sculpture where I wanted to explore the facial traumas that professional fighters endure for their chosen sport.

As I got further into the work however, I suddenly, and unexpectedly, changed direction and decided to parallel how politics, religion, the media, etc, etc, ad nauseum, attempts to control our thinking, day in and day out, by showing us the images and the stories that they think we should see or hear. What better way to expand on that idea than showing a device securely strapped over a head, which severely restricts our ability to hear and see, and that effectively silences our freedom of speech?

Even though I had never sculpted anything similar to this before, doing this garden art statuary bust was strangely cathartic for me. You may or may not agree with my thinking on this but you have to admit that mounting a casting of this head in your flower bed would forever protect you from evil spirits and create a very special garden decor aura all your own.

You may even attract a little attention from your neighbors in the process.

Mastering The Art Of Cutting And Re-Joining Sculpture Castings

Finished stone resin casting with Bronze Metal Coating

The original clay sculpture model with the complex positioning of the fingers had to involve the careful severing of each finger which then had to be individually molded, cast, and reattached.

Here is the original clay sculpture model with fingers in place prior to severing them.

Custom Silicone Rubber Mold Making On A Machined Prototype Model

Here is the initial stages of a fiberglass/silicone rubber mold being laid out. This will be a removable flexible mold due to a couple complex areas.

The silicone rubber thickness is being established and controlled for a precision placement of the mold so that every time it is extracted it will fit back with minimal setup.

Here are two of the finished silicone rubber molds that are in the curing process. Once the bottom half of the molds were fitted, the molds were ready for production.

Mold Making For A Gargoyle Creature

I had received several requests for a gargoyle creature for the garden so I sculpted this figure out of sculpting wax, painted it to see what I had, and as shown above, began the process of creating a two part silicone mold and a fabricated fiberglass mother mold (not shown) for support. Here you can see that I have cleanly established the seam line by using Kleen Klay and wooden blocks for support.

In the photo above, I have applied the initial detail coat of silicone and made certain that all areas have been covered including a predetermined area surrounding the sculpture so that you will have a lip of rubber that aids in the proper alignment of the two halves. Two additional thicker coats of rubber will be applied to give you a strong enough mold for many castings.

Here you have the cured rubber mold lying in the fiberglass mother mold flipped over with the back part of the sculpture now facing up, ready to repeat the above process. When this has been completed holes will be drilled through the fiberglass and rubber lip and joined, now ready for casting.