37th Annual Tri-State Sculptors Conference Schedule
Thursday, October 1
3:30-5:30
Registration; UNCW Cultural Arts Building (CAB) lobby
5:30-6:30
Gallery Reception
Time, Movement, Balance & Space: Hanna Jubran and Jodi Hollnagel-Jubran; UNCW CAB Art Gallery
37th Annual Tri-State Sculptors Outdoor Members Exhibition; UNCW Sculpture Yard
Friday, October 2
8:30-4:30
Registration
10:00-12:15
Basic Blacksmithing and Forge Design
Room 1002 (Outside)
Justin Vorhis, Blacksmith at Ammack Forge
This demonstration will be an introduction to the ideas and concept of forging steel. It will cover building a simple forge,
types of fuel, and basic forging techniques. Anyone who would like to participate will have the opportunity to forge.
Handouts with information for building a forge and what makes a good anvil will be available.
10:00-11:00
Developing Art as a Business
Room 2021
Jim Gallucci, Sculptor and Owner, Jim Gallucci Sculptor, Ltd.
This presentation will cover how to get started and how to make a living, what you need to be thinking about along the
way, and the entrepreneurial aspects of the art business. The 3 do’s and the 17 years that are involved in starting your art
business.
11:15-12:15
2015 Tri-State Sculptors Memorial Scholarship Winners
Room 2021
Chris Morgan, Graduate Student Scholarship Winner
Jai Woods, Undergraduate Student Scholarship Winner
The purpose of the TSS Scholarship Program is to support and highlight the achievements of student sculptors as well as
encourage membership by emerging sculptors. This year’s scholarship winners will give presentations and answer
questions about their work.
12:30-2:00
Lunch
2:00-4:15
Paper Casting
Matthew Egan & Heather Muise
Room 1002
Handmade paper is a versatile, lightweight and strong material that can be used in a variety of ways including casting,
mold making and as a textural surface element.
This demonstration will show how to create paper from a variety of natural materials and how to use handmade paper and
additives that aid in sheet formation, strength and variation to create three-dimensional forms. Tamping wet paper made
of malleable fibers over dimensional objects such as plaster molds will be discussed and demonstrated. Everyone is
invited to make paper.
2:00-3:00
Hand in Hand: Digital Technologies and Traditional Stone Carving Methods in Sculpture
Room 2033
Kathryn Cook, BFA in Sculpture, Department of Art, University of North Carolina Greensboro, independent artist
Felicia Dean, Academic Professional and Director of Digital Fabrication, Department of Interior Architecture, University of
North Carolina Greensboro
Patricia Wasserboehr, Associate Professor in Sculpture and Drawing, Department of Art, University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Digital fabrication technologies have been available to artists since the 1990’s and are increasingly available for
widespread utilization across the globe. The ways in which sculptors conceive, develop, and produce sculpture are
significantly altered by the use of 3D computer software, scanners, printers, and CNC milling. In this presentation,
designers and sculptors will explore their recent studio practices as residents with the Digital Stone Project (DSP) in
Gramolazzo, Italy, the access to the onsite CNC Milling machine that rough cut their models in marble, and where they
finished them using traditional hand carving techniques. Each presenter will speak about their sculpture, 3D digital
processes, and their learning experiences with the DSP.
3:15-4:15
20 Low Cost or Free Ways to Promote Your Art
Room 2033
Melissa Walker, Artist and Marketing Director, Carolina Bronze Sculpture
Take your art career to the next level with these easy, yet important ways to promote your art. Most are either free or very
low cost and bring professionalism to your career that is needed is today's competitive art market. Start with just one or try
them all!
6:00-9:00
Gallery Reception
37th Annual Tri-State Sculptors Members Exhibition; CFCC Wilma W. Daniels Art Gallery
200 Hanover St. (in the first floor of the Hanover Parking Deck) Downtown Wilmington 28401
Saturday, October 3
8:30-12:30
Registration
9:00-10:00
Panel Discussion: How They Are Doing It
Room 2033
Andrew Etheridge, Sculptor and Maker of Custom Prosthetics
Jim Gallucci, Sculptor and Owner, Jim Gallucci Sculptor, Ltd.
Dumay Gorham, Sculptor
Ed Walker, Artist and Owner, Carolina Bronze Sculpture
Patricia Wasserboehr, Associate Professor in Sculpture and Drawing, Department of Art, UNCG
Panelists will discuss the various ways they make a living as sculptors.
10:15-12:30
Casting With Rock Salt
Room 1002 (Outside)
Brian Glaze, Assistant Professor of Art (Sculpture), University of South Carolina Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
Greg Mueller, Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
Casting with Rock Salt will show how you can melt store bought rock salt in a crucible style furnace. This is accomplished
mainly in the same way that you would cast bronze or aluminum. With the use of a bronze style furnace it is possible to
cast rock salt that melts around 1450°-1500° Fahrenheit. In a molten state, salt is a translucent orange color, which is
quite dramatic!
A limited number of participants will be able to cast with Brian. Molds must be premade. Based on the style and thickness
of your mold and pattern, green and oil based sand molds are better to use. Investment and resin molds are possible, but
at your own risk.
Please contact Brian Glaze (brian@briannglaze.com) for more information and availability.
10:15-11:15
The Making of the Wilmington Fallen Firefighter Memorial
Room 2033
Ed Walker, Artist and Owner, Carolina Bronze Sculpture
Follow along as Ed takes you through all the steps required to create a project of this magnitude. Starting with the idea,
visualized as a 3-D animation flyby and using that as a proposal to the committee, the process is started. The next step is
creating the model, scanning and enlarging to create a foam armature for the final clay surface. From there the traditional
bronze casting process continues, but there is so much more. Dealing with the committee, fundraising ideas, arranging
with contractors, including cement contractors, crane operators, lighting installation, construction delays and more! It is
worth all the work once the final piece is unveiled. There was even a ride in a fire truck!
11:30-12:30
Chasing Stones and the Scholarly Pursuit
Room 2033
Matt Amante, Pitt Community College Fine Arts Professor, Tri-State Sculptors President
This presentation will cover Chinese Scholars' Rocks and how their aesthetic criteria impacted my sculpture. This lecture
chronicles how an obscure concept I came across in an art history course shaped my aesthetics, provided a topic for my
thesis, and lead me to Asia for 40 days in pursuit of finding these objects.
11:30-12:30
Patinas
Room 1002
Hanna Jabran, Sculptor and Professor, East Carolina University
Hanna will demonstrate the application of various patina chemicals to bronze and aluminum. The processes
demonstrated will be cold and hot patina application. Cold patina is a term used for special chemicals applied at room
temperature, fumed, brushed or dipped. Cold patina takes approximately 24 hours or more to show results and usually
are opaque colors and chalky.
Hot Patina is applied with heat from a torch, where the metal is heated to approximately 200 degrees. The patina can be
applied by airbrush, stippling or sponging. Hot patina is more controlled and can be layered to the desired color and
opaque quality. After the application, the patina can be preserved by applying a coating of wax or a clear coat or lacquer.
12:30-2:00
Lunch
2:00-4:15
The Self-Built Propane Fired Melting Furnace
Room 1002 (Outside)
Carl Billingsley, Sculptor
This will be a demonstration of Carl’s self-built, reverbatory-type, propane fired melting furnace. This furnace is designed
so that it can be run using only a propane weed burner or similar type of self-contained portable burner (gravity fed Oilburner, etc.). The system is designed to pour directly into molds that are brought to the furnace. This system avoids the
necessity, expense and safety issues of commercial crucibles. No tongs, poring shanks, etc. are required. Perhaps the
greatest advantage of this system, aside from not handling fragile crucibles full of hot metal, is that it can be operated
single-handed. Although the system can be arranged to melt bronze, he will demonstrate aluminum casting for the
conference. Bring a small ready to pour mold and aluminum if you’ve got it!
2:00-3:00
Movement, Meditation & Making: Integrating Contemplative Practices
Room 2033
Maria Borghoff, Artist, Yoga Teacher
Movement, meditation and art making are all forms of contemplative practice that provide a unique set of tools for the
individual to tap into an infinite source of creativity. Whether a contemplative practice is intended for personal health or
growth, knowledge or spirituality, utilizing the tools of both ancient and modern practices can support any creative
endeavor. This presentation will discuss the neurobiological effects of movement, meditation, and mindfulness and how
these practices shape the brain, particularly for the creative process.
3:15-4:15
History of Tri-State
Jim Gallucci, Sculptor and Owner, Jim Gallucci Sculptor, Ltd.
Room 2033
Learn how and why Tri-State was started, who the initial people involved were, and why we stay together. What the
artistic climate was in the region at the time it began and how it has changed. What the future holds for Tri-State.
4:30-6:00
Judy Pfaff, Keynote address
Beckwith Recital Hall
A little about Judy Pfaff:
Judy Pfaff was born in London, England, in 1946. She received a BFA from Washington University, Saint Louis (1971),
and an MFA from Yale University (1973). Recipient, Academy Member Fellowship, American Academy of Arts &
Sciences (2013); Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2013); MacArthur Fellowship (2004); Guggenheim Fellowship
(1983); National Endowment for the Arts grants (1979, 1986); member, American Academy of Arts and Letters. Numerous
solo exhibitions and group shows in major galleries and museums in the United States and abroad. Commissions include
Pennsylvania Convention Center Public Arts Projects, Philadelphia; large-scale site-specific sculpture, GTE Corporation,
Irving, Texas; installation: vernacular abstraction, Wacoal, Tokyo, Japan; and set design, Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Work in permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art;
Detroit Institute of Arts; others. Milton Avery Distinguished Professor of Art, Bard College (1989, 1991).
See more at http://www.judypfaffstudio.com
7:00-Until
Gathering of Sculptors
Hampton Inn
1989 Eastwood Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403
Come join us for dinner, conversation and image share. You must purchase a ticket in advance to eat.
Sunday, October 4
9:00-11:00
Business Meeting
Room 2033
Everyone is invited to the annual business meeting. Come hear what is planned for the future of Tri-State and share your
suggestions.