The life size sculpture of Dick Hathaway has been brought back to the center of the studio. He will be getting my full attention, or as full as it can be with other things needing to be done in the office and studio. Unfortunately we have had a few very hot days here and with the stress of moving the piece a few things have broken off of Dick Hathaway. It could be a devastating thing; however, I know the pieces, elbow, leg, hand will go back on. The silly thing is that no sooner do we put them back on and finish Dick, then they will have to come back off. I hesitated in cutting this piece up for mold, because the T.W. Woods Gallery in Vermont is still trying to get the balance to cast him. And once I cut the sculpture apart and create molds and wax, it will not go back together again until it is in bronze. I will miss having Dick Hathaway around, but it is time. time to get him ready to go back to his Green Mountain state and to make room for more life-size pieces.

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The mom and baby are at the foundry, along with the portrait bust. I should hear back any day now and am looking forward to seeing them. The sculpture of David is complete, but I do need to cast him in something. Onward or shall I say back to Dick Hathaway. This is a sculpture that I have been working on for a while. The TW Wood Gallery in Vermont has been trying to raise funds for the casting of the piece. It is of my former professor Richard Hathaway.

Bryan has been working on the clay satchel of books that sits at the feet of Dick. And yesterday we moved Dick to the center of the room again.


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It has been months since I have worked on the sculpture of Dick. I have put him aside waiting for the rest of the funding to come through. I heard the T.W. Woods Gallery is getting very close to having the funding. As I have said before, I will have to cut the sculpture up into pieces to cast it into bronze. I hate the idea of Dick going to pieces without knowing he will soon be put back together.

I have pulled Dick center stage for a couple of reasons. The first is that my new apprentice Bryan is doing such a wonderful job I know we can work through this quickly with his help. And I’m feeling that it is way beyond the time of sending Dick home to the Green Mountain State. Maybe he can be there by fall, and if not maybe by sugaring. Though we would have to be sure the ground was not sill ice so that we could install the sculpture. I can’t wait!

It is sometimes good to get away from a sculpture for a while. Rarely do I have the opportunity to do so. Commissions come and have deadlines and it means working one after another. But walking away from a sculpture and coming back gives you an entirely different perspective. I can’t wait, give me the pot of hot clay, the large tools. Time to finish the upper torso of Dick Hathaway and then the details in the face.

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I’ve been busy here in the studio creating other sculpture, both posthumous and living subjects. You can see some pictures of those pieces on my other blog located at http://www.creativesculpture.com/blog

I just spoke with the TW Woods Gallery and the fundraising committee about the Dick Hathaway project. It has been on hold for a while. I am hesitant to continue the sculpting process unless there is money to bronze the sculpture. I just cannot handle Professor Hathaway in pieces in the studio. I would much rather have him in the corner on the bench. I am told that this month is the final push to have the funds for the project. It will be wonderful to have him complete. Though I will be sad to have him go. I suppose I should really give a push to find another apprentice. Florencia has taken a job and that leaves me alone to finish Dick Hathaway. More later.

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I sent this out to some that new Dick. I have been working on the chapters in the book about Dick and Sarah Hooker was kind enough to reply.

“I picture Dick sitting on the bench at Vermont College hand in the air as if he is beckoning to the person passing by or across the green. Greetings from Dick were not just average hello’s as Sarah Hooker states, “Well, it was more that he had a megaphone with his hands as if to announce whoever it was, but it was personalized—so, for example, he’d say, “Heeeer’s Miss Sunshine herself, Sarah Jo Hooker” or “I give you the goddest of the Adult Degree Program, Sarah Jo Hooker”, or it might be “Here’s Portland Maine’s most renowned druid, Susan Hammond!”–“

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I have a couple questions about dick Hathaway.

I am writing the chapters on the sculpture of Dick Hathaway for my book “Bringing to Life the Spirit of the Deceased—a Sculptor’s Journey” and wanted to ask a few questions. Can anyone help?

Can you please give me a few suggestions of things to write instead of etc. In the following statement

While attending his exploratory meeting to discuss my study and this book project he said, “I’m not sure why you are here, we really don’t go together.” I knew his expertise in such things, as social reform, history, (etc). Did not really go with sculpting the deceased but, I was too embarrassed to tell him that I found him absolutely charming and I just wanted to spend time with him. I don’t remember what I murmured; it may have been something like… “Just trying to get to know the professors.”

Also,

I know for the school auctions Dick would find unusual items that he would purchase somehow from obscure places. Artisans from around the world. There was a man that was always at the school auctions with him, what was that mans name, they seemed to get this stuff together. Also from what areas, tribes or countries did Dick get these things?

Also,
Somewhere I heard a quote about how much money Dick raised in his life time as an auctioneer. Anyone know that answer?

Thanks in advance,
Bridgette

Updates on the progress of the sculpture are still being posted at http://dickhathaway.blogspot.com

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