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My earlier years as an artist were devoted to pencil drawings, mostly made by copying from photographs. Subsequently, I moved on the life drawing which was a helpful prelude to my work in sculpture. I also initally carved wooden animal figures that might be termed "zoomorphs", often with a humorous twist and in a folk-art stye. During the last 10 years, I have worked in ceramics, using clay to make macquettes for stone carvings. My process of stone carving is classical in that I begin with a drawing then develop it into small wax forms and finalize it with progressively larger ceramic models. The final clay models may be up to two-feet high; close to the actual size of the stone. Several years ago I had brief artist-in-residence stay at the Mendocino Art Center and was able to explore some work with cold casting methods (which I found difficult) and with bronze lost wax casting (much more enjoyable for me). The sculpture link has pictures of some of my stone pieces and a slide show of my sculptural work process. Charlie Williams Return to BAB and CAW page
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