My Process: A Marriage of Art & Technology

My passion as a sculptor is to capture the tension of motion – and my favorite subject is the grace and athleticism of the female dancer. I use variations in form, scale, and material to explore how we perceive the motion of the female body. I start by sculpting a figure in wax. Sometimes the original figure is cast directly in bronze or plaster. More often, though, I use modern 3D technology to explore how variations of the original figure affect our sense of the figure and it’s motion. Below are 5 brief videos that explain different parts of the process. The first is an interview with Howard University’s WHUT done in 2020 during the pandemic. The second is a “meet the artist” video developed for a piece commissioned for Makers Rise — a mixed-use development in Herndon, VA. The third shows the steps in the making of The Goddess Innana. The forth is a more generic description of the process. The fifth is a 30-second record of the commissioned piece designed and executed for Makers Rise in Herndon, VA.