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Glenda The Magic Good Witch Sculpture

Richard Arfsten

United States

Sculpture, Metal on Aluminium

Size: 7 W x 17 H x 8 D in

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Glenda the Good Witch is a magic story and a magic sculpture. As the piece is turned Glenda appears and then disappears into the maze of elements. It is like a very early transformer toy for people who are interested in abstract art. As I have told you before I work with a pile of foam parts on a table. Sometimes I am too lazy to take the parts out of the huge drawer under the table that I keep them in. As I cut the pieces off of the the styrofoam packaging I have to put them some place so it is in the drawer. There is a natural selection that happens. As you pick through the pile the smaller pieces wind up working their way to the bottom of the drawer. When I am really lazy or uninspired I play a little game with myself. I put my hand in the drawer and pick a piece without looking. This piece has to be glued to the previous piece. The result is I wind up with something I would have never designed by picking similar looking forms which is the mode of selection I usually work with. Some pieces are really hard to work into a composition that is pleasing to my eye. I use a special glue that is a wax like what you use in a hot glue gun. I put it in a electric frying pan an set the temperature to just barely melt the wax. Once I decide where I want the attachment to be I paint a tiny bit on the intersection and press the two pieces together. In a second or two it is forever stuck together. This means you have to give some thought to where ever you put them because there are no do overs without sawing the piece apart. This is a really hard way for me to work. I like some semblance of order in my designs, As a build I keep turning the piece in my hand. The piece was saying "boring, boring, boring," and all of a sudden there was this magic little figure in the maze of stuff. Bingo, it was time to stop. I received a gift from wherever. Picture leading a young grand child around a enlarged Glenda and their excitement when Glenda presents herself. This is an amazing piece. If you were a university looking to show the magic that the endevoir will have on the parents child who is financing the expedition this might be something to consider. After four years it all gels and the kid can make his way in the world and get out of the basement. Please talk to me about enlarging rights fees if you have an interest in this sculpture / maquette.

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Sculpture:Metal on Aluminium

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:7 W x 17 H x 8 D in

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I have an ambitious approach to life ... and to art ... make something happen every day ... but most of all have fun doing it! A sculptor first, and now working in 2D, I do my best to do just that. Presented here are examples of some of my work. •• My sculpture runs the gamut from abstract, to figurative, to architectural. The materials and methods used are diverse ... from figures modeled in clay or wax, then cast in pewter or bronze ... to aluminum maquettes (produced by evaporative pattern casting) which serve as the 3D blueprints for the pieces that are enlarged and fabricated from sheet metal of all kinds. •• My 2D pieces range from abstract to figurative. You’ll find Originals done in oils or acrylic, one-of-a-kind monotypes, collages, mixed media paintings, and more ... I love working in all mediums. Some of my 2D work may be available as reproductions on this site. ••• MY FASCINATION WITH SCIENCE FICTION & MAKE BELIEVE - When I was in second grade, television was new and the hottest thing. The "Adventures of Flash Gordon" was my favorite program. There was only one kid in the neighborhood who had a TV. We, all the kids, gathered at his house for every episode. I was a huge fan of the characters. Flash was cool and my hero. Dale Arden was OK but Princess Aura was way cooler because she was naughty. Ming The Mercilous was very interesting. But Dr. Zarkov and his super duper telescope - that could see into time forwards and backwards, far and near - was the star of the show for me. The spaceship was really hoakey. You could see the wire that it was traveling on and the little puffs of smoke coming out of it were a joke, even for me. But the concept of the show was magical. Also at that time there were radio shows about space travel and aliens and monsters. I would listen to those shows with my grandfather as I sat on the floor next to the big wooden box radio so I could get the full impact of the sounds. •• These shows inspired me to draw spaceships, mostly "new and improved" versions of Flash's ship. I taped them all over my bedroom walls. At night I would travel with Flash. We would go to distant parts of the Universe and explore ancient ruins - like what I saw in National Geographic when I was not looking at the bare-breasted girls of exotic cultures. (I think artists and sculptors, are to a large part, voyeurs.) Those memories pop up in my art over and over. •• Faces also intrigue and inspire me.

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