

About Us!
Marcia Weidler
Jewell Burns
Karen Ching
Robbie Daly
Claudette Downs
Lillian Elkey
Jane A. Gillette
Suzanne Jepson
Linda Larochelle
Gwen Lockhart
Susan MacKenzie
Jan E. Moffatt
Susan Norman
Denise Phalan 
Karin Sebolka
Sherry Smith
Marcia Toepfer
Find Us
ORDER!
= Newest Pictures!
|
The
following artists currently have works on display at THE LOFT GALLERY.
These images are representative examples of their works. Availability
of these works is as current as humanly possible...they do go fast!!
GWEN
LOCKHART, a sculptor, exhibits her work at The Prince Royal Gallery
in Alexandria, as well as The Loft Gallery. She has also successfully
entered various juried shows in the area including shows at The Art League,
in Reston and Vienna, and the Washington Square Sculpture Show. Also,
Gwen has served since 1999 on the Board of Directors for The Art League
located at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Over the years, she has
held several positions on The Art League Board, but this past year she
served as its President and Chairman of the Board (term expired June 2006).
|
"Cougar
I", 10 ½" tall,
Bronze, $1,650
|

"Majesty",
19 ½" tall,
Bronze, $2,250 each
|

Après
Le Bain (Terra Cotta, 20, $550)
|
|

Mystic Muse (Bronze, 24, $2,250)
|

The Newlyweds (Bronze, 19, $3,000)
|

Zelda
(Bronze, 21 ½, $2,600)*
|

Sydni (Bronze, 13, $1,750)*
|
|

Dawn of a New World (Terra Cotta, 23, $950)
|

The Look (Terra Cotta, 26 ½, $850)
|

Lucille
(Terra Cotta, 20, $550)
|

Bashful Ballerina (Terra Cotta, 20, $550)
|

Mommy!! Look!!, 8h x 11w
|
|
|
|
In addition to regularly exhibiting her sculpture at The Loft Gallery,
Gwen shows her work at the Prince Royal Gallery and various other
galleries from time to time. She has also enjoyed displaying her
work in many juried shows throughout the metropolitan area and special
one-artist shows.
She has served on the Board of Directors of The Art League at the
Torpedo Factory in various capacities since 1999, and recently (FY06)
she had the honor of serving as President of that Board. She was
also the proud recipient of Alexandrias Alex Award for 2006
for Excellence in Service to the Arts.
As a sculptor, her greatest pleasure is appreciating the various
effects of light and shadow as she is working. Gwen sculpts in clay
or plastilene and tries to capture both expression and likeness
whether doing animals, heads/busts, or full figurative pieces. Several
of her sculptures, including commission pieces, have been molded
and cast in bronze. Lockhart said the plastilene works displayed
in this show will likewise be molded for subsequent casting in bronze
using the same lost wax process.
Gwen
sculpts in clay and succeeds in capturing both expression and likeness
whether doing heads/busts or full figurative pieces. Having done
some commission pieces, she would welcome others. Gwen has also
demonstrated a particular talent for sculpting animals and plans
to do more work in this area. She normally applies a patina to a
finished piece once it is kiln-fired, but in some instances she
has had the piece molded and cast in bronze. She uses the lost wax
process which is the traditional 5,000-year-old method of bronze
casting and is a complicated and difficult process.
"For
years, I followed a career that was totally unrelated to art. Those
years, while rewarding, now enhance the sense of ecstasy I feel
when pursuing art and being creative. As a relatively new sculptor
I still experience great pleasure when I see the various effects
of light and shadow on a three-dimensional piece. With respect to
my medium, I continue to work in clay and have had some pieces molded
and cast in hydrocal as well as bronze (the lost wax process). It
usually takes a minimum of six weeks for me to complete a piece
in clay and apply the patina. If a piece is subsequently molded
and cast in bronze, considerably more time is needed to complete
the project."
Bronze
Casting: The Lost Wax Process
The
lost wax process is the traditional method of bronze casting . It
has been around for at least 5000 years, and is a complicated and
difficult process:
A sculpture is created out of clay or plaster.
A flexible rubber mold with a rigid "mother mold" is made
of the sculpture.
The sculpture is removed from this mold and it is cleaned out thoroughly.
The mold is tied together and wax is poured inside.
The mold is removed and the seams and any casting imperfections
in the new wax product are cleaned up by the artist.
Wax sprues and vents are attached to the sculpture so that the bronze
can eventually be poured into the piece and gases can escape.
The wax piece is "invested" by repeatedly dipping it in
a mixture of plaster and grog forming the new "investment mold"
around the wax.
The investment mold is placed in a burn-out oven to melt the wax
out and dry the mold.
Bronze, which is an alloy consisting mostly of copper with small
amounts of zinc, tin and lead, is melted in a crucible to a temperature
of approximately 2000 degrees and poured into the warmed investment
mold.
After cooling, the investment mold is broken off and the sprues
and vents, which are now bronze, are removed.
The piece is sandblasted to clean the surface of the bronze from
scaling and acids and oils.
A patina is applied to the surface. This is a chemical process that
is etched into the surface of the bronze.
The finished bronze is now lightly waxed to preserve its patina.
|

Order Securely
This site
designed and maintained by
Rich's Web Design.,
If you would
like me to design your home page, just
send me a note!,
|