You Too Can Sculpt - Heidi Maiers e-Book “Portrait Sculpture Simplified” Shows You How
If the age-old art of creating portrait sculpture is something you’ve had a desire to do, but never knew where to start, or told yourself it was something you could never do, Heidi Maiers has provided you with complete instructions, every step of the way, so you too can sculpt!
Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) March 27, 2005 -- Sculptor Heidi Maiers never told herself
she couldn’t sculpt, or draw, or cook, or golf, or anything else for that
matter. She believes that people are highly capable, and it is just a matter of
having a desire to do something one considers interesting and making an effort
to simply do it. No excuses. Heidi says, "Although success may not come easily,
it’s perseverance, practice, and observation that pays off in the long run - and
anything is possible." Even now, as an adult, she often hears people commenting
when they see her work that they could never do anything like that. She
recommends that they give it a try before concluding that they don't have the
talent.
As a child, Heidi first became fascinated with sculpting as she
played in the clay mud of the Mojave Desert in Lancaster, California. She would
fill tin pie plates full of the red muck and sculpt round faces that were left
to dry in the scalding sun. It wasn’t until much later, during her college
years, that she took a serious interest in sculpting as a possible path for her
future. She majored in Fine Art at the University of Oregon, where she studied
sculpture, drawing, Art History, and anatomy for artists.
Now, 25 years
later, Heidi is a wife, a mother, a full time technical writer at a software
development company, and she and her husband, Gary, run their own company,
Portraits in Clay. Although she sculpts mainly for the enjoyment of it, she
accepts portrait commissions regularly from around the world, participates in
local juried Fine Art shows (most recently the Carefree Fine Arts and Wine
Festival in beautiful Carefree, Arizona), maintains a web site (which she
created, complete with an online forum for other portrait and figurative
sculptors to participate in), and recently released a detailed instruction
e-book on CD entitled “Portrait Sculpture Simplified”.
After publishing
her web site portrait-sculpture.com in 2001, Heidi became inundated with how-to
questions from all over the world. It soon became obvious to her that there was
a high demand for information on sculpting techniques. To make better use of her
time, she put her own "can do" attitude to work by writing a complete how-to
course for people interested in creating portrait sculpture. With over 200 pages
and 400 color illustrations, the e-book is easily viewed on a computer screen
with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Heidi says, “When I was in school, I
learned how to sculpt, but instruction never progressed beyond modeling the
clay. It took me years of trial and error to be able to produce finished pieces.
There were very few sculpting books on the market and none covered the subject
of how to finish a piece. The Internet didn’t exist so there was no convenient
exchange of information between artists that is so readily available today.
Hopefully, distributing this e-book will spare others an enormous amount of time
wasted searching for specialty information”.
Topics include:
-
materials needed
- studio setup
- proportions and working methods
- a
complete demonstration for modeling a subject - including all of the main
features (eyes, nose, mouth, hair, and ears)
- how to dry and prepare a
ceramic piece for firing
- how to fire - bisque and glaze
- how to repair
any cracks or blemishes
- how to make a flexible and rigid mold set
- how
to cast in bonded materials
- how to patina a fired ceramic or cast piece,
several complete demonstrations
- how to make a base and mount a finished
piece
- how to photograph the finished artwork
Although in the
beginning her intention was to only make this CD available from her website, it
is now being offered at Amazon.com, Sculpt.com, and through hundreds of online
retailers as a PDF download.
The easy-to-follow instructions have helped
many people progress to the next level of their sculpting abilities, whether
they were just starting out, or were already advanced sculptors. The following
are just a sampling of some customer reviews and testimonials which can be read
at http://heidimaiers.com/Reviews.htm
Reviews:
Victoria
Stautzenberger- bas-relief portrait sculptor
The most well written reference
on sculpture instruction, October 8, 2004
”In just over two hundred pages
this book has replaced a small library on portrait sculpture instruction. It is
so well written and easy to follow. Covering the full spectrum of instructions
for realizing your own creations, not a single step has been left out. The
author’s own joy and enthusiasm for the beautiful work she does just pours from
these pages. Even if you’ve never sculpted before, her spirit is contagious. I
only wish I’d known about this long ago. I could have skipped untold hours of
torturous “trial and error” learning”.
Bill Willis - sculptor
“I just
received my copy of your e-book. It's great, so much great information. Thank
you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with those of us who are just
beginning. Your chapters on proportions are great; I saw right away some things
I need to start doing in my work. Thank you also for keeping the cost low enough
to make the ebook available to everyone. I love your work and will be returning
to your site often. Keep up the great work”.
About Portraits in
Clay
Portraits in Clay, based in Mesa, Arizona has been in business since
2001 and maintains a website at http://heidimaiers.com. Services offered include private and
public portrait commissions, figurative commissions, an e-Book on CD, online
lessons, custom base making services, critique services, firing and finishing
services, CD portfolio services, and website design services.
For
additional information:
Portraits in Clay
1262 S. Sunnyvale
Circle
Mesa, AZ 85206
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