Kinnicks new home

Nile and Co. are getting close to being installed in his new permenant home. Not a bad place approx. 20' long 10' high and 4' deep could get a bit chilly in the winter but Im sure the good folks of Iowa will help keep 'em warm!
Dont forget to visit the new site click here!

Regards,
LJN

New WebSite

I have been working on a new website which will be finish shortly but in the meantime you can preview it at:
http://web.mac.com/ljnowlan/iWeb/LJN%20Sculpture/Home.html
Below is one of the bas relief portraits for the Vintners Hall of Fame. It is in clay ready to have a mold taken off it.
Harold Olmo - http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/13/news/obits.php
Regards,
LJN

Busy Days

Busy days in the studio, The Kinnick is coming along well with the unveiling set for September 8th at Kinnick Stadium. The bas relief portraits for the Culinary Institute of America's Vintners Hall Fame are going well also along with other projects. Hope you enjoy the posts and if you have any specific topics you would like me to address please leave me a comment and I will be happy to reply.
Regards, LJN

The AGS Movie was a Great Success!

Please add yourself to the map!

Lets see how many locations we can add to the Sculptor's Studio map! Thanks

Kinnick's almost home.....

Film a great success!

The previously mentioned film "Augustus Saint-Gaudens Master of American Sculpture" was a great success. The film is a treat for both the eyes and the ears. Filled with wonderful commentary from art historians and Saint-Gaudens experts including the foremost Saint-Gaudens expert and world reknown art historian Dr. Henry Duffy, Curator of The Saint-Gaudens National Historic site in Cornish, Nh.
Seems my cameo added a bit of humor to the otherwise serious film!
Director and Producer Paul G. Sanderson III did a masterful job with the film and is looking to add more of the film he shot in my studio as an "extra" segment on the DVD.
Keep your fingers crossed, LJN

Saint Gaudens World Premier Movie......

LJN has a cameo appearence!
"Hi Everyone. I finally finished it! Save the date for one of the screenings. Separate invitations to follow. Some of the early reviews: “Beautifully crafted,” “The cinematography is superb – some of the views are breathtaking,” “a visually stunning film,” “Saint-Gaudens seems to leap out of the film…it fleshes him out and gives him texture.” Presented in High Definition Television. (Note: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston screening TBD, also Chicago date is 2008)."
A FILM BY PAUL G SANDERSON III....

Kinnick relief casting....

The casting is moving along well and at this point all of the sections are cast and being welded together. Here are some shots of the process, enjoy, LJN

Casting/cleaning/carving

The big piece is being cast as we speak. It is coming along smoothly and we are looking at another opening day unveiling ceremony and Hawkeye victory. The studio..well it looks like a tornado hit it but we are working on that. I can say that the relief came down a hell-a-va lot faster than it went up! Presently I am working on the Vintners Hall of Fame reliefs for the Culinary Institute of America, I believe that the next induction dinner is March 8, 2008.
Regards, LJN

Busy time in the studio

Its been a busy time here in the studio but I wanted to give you some fun facts. Keith and I completed the "Kinnick" mold (not all of it is shown here!) and these are some stats:
1010 man hours
2500 lbs. plaster
60 gallons of rubber
344' of clay wall
350' conduit pipe
450 sq. yds of burlap
600 latex gloves
460 chip brushes
6 cans spray release
16 - 8oz. jars of vasiline

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Assorted pics

Here are some assorted photos of the dismantling of the mold. After actually taking the mold apart we needed to clean each section out with wooden tools along with mineral spirits. The mold is now safely in the hands of the foundry and in the casting process.Before we took the mold apart we had design a "code" so the foundry could keep the 75 pieces in order.


"Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind." - Leonardo da Vinci

CIA Greystone Napa Valley

Here are some photos from the induction dinner for Robert Mondavi and the other inductees of the new "Vintners Hall of Fame". I created a bas Relief portrait of Mr. Mondavi in time for the ceremony and will start the remaining 8 momentarily. The photos include one with my bother Peter who met me out in Ca. and one with James Cross the graphic designer extraordinaire.

"Paint coat"

When preparing a section of a sculpture for "sand casting" you have to start with a paint coat of plaster to get all of the detail followed by 4 coats of burlap soaked in plaster. Then...you have to take a positive cast out of that mold section using the same technique and thats what the foundry will use.
Keith really didnt pose for this pic, he was actually applying a coat!

LJN Show at the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland, VT

Featured Artist Exhibit Sculptor Lawrence Nowlan February 23-MArch 25, 2007
For more info contact the Chaffee Art Center (802) 775-0356
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070222/FEATURES17/702220323/1045/FEATURES17



“Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.” - Pablo Picasso

Mold'n away

A couple more photos, one showing the the use of color to separate the layers of rubber and insure an even coat has been applied. The second of Keith working away. I actually have been helping beleive it or not but its the "grunt" who must take the pictures!

“Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.” -Albert Einstein

The "BIG DIG"

We got walloped with 2'+ feet of snow on Wendesday but like they say "No rain, nor sleet....".......Thats Keith getting up close and personal with his work!

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” - Michelangelo

Next step

This is a shot of the rubber and the structure (mother mold) made to back the rubber. The grey strips in the bottom right corner is the clay wall used to separate sections.

“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through in once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.”
-Audrey Hepburn

Rubber application

Six layers of rubber must be applied to each "section" of the mold before a plaster "mother mold" can be created on top of it.

A "section" is created by putting up a clay wall on the perimeter of an area of the mold approx.3'x3'. These sections are manageble for one person to work on during the casting process.

A "mother mold" is a plaster backing added to the rubber to insure the rubber keeps its form while casting from it.

“When we are no longer able to change a situation…we are challenged to change ourselves.” - Viktor