ROTARTE 2014, Punto de encuentro

Next Friday, June 16th, at 8.00 p.m.  the exhibition 'ROTARTE 2014, Punto de encuentro', will be opened in Rota -Cádiz-, at Sala Mercado Central Torre de la Merced. I'll be in very good company with my friends Ándres J. Naranjo and Lolita Paz Arribas and some colleagues s J.M. Estévez, Julio Malvido and Olga Ordóñez.

Here you have the works I`m going to show:

The Little Hunter -Lanius senator

Detail

Bronze and iron, 120x57x57 cm.

Previous reference 1

Alba - Tito alba

Bronze, iron and wood, 200 x 87 x 52 cm.

Detail

Barn owl -Tyto alba

Alba - Tito alba
Detail
Base of the work where you can see a shrew - Crocidura russula

Previous reference 2

Cáceres Wildlife Art 2014 Exhibition

Next to `The Living River II´- Alcedo atthis' with my little daughter Andrea Gaia

Last weekend we were in Cáceres to enjoy the 4th Edition of Cáceres Wildlife Art Exhibition ;here you have a sample of it.

 Next to 'Amenaza (Menace) - Charadrius alexandrinus'

 People at the exhibition hall 

In addition to the events of the Birds Festival, this year the historic centre of the city was full of activity, with tents and theatre shows.

One of the dance shows inspired by birds.  

Wildlife Art Cáceres 2014

Cover of catalogue: 4th Exhibition Wildlife Art Cáceres 2014 

Sorry for not updating my blog as often as I'd like to but my family, my job and the proyects I'm working on don't allow me to do it.
I take this opportunity to invite you to visit Cáceres in the next weeks. From the 16th to the 25th of May you can enjoy a new event of `Wildlife Art  Cáceres´ at the exhibition halls of the Historical Archive - The Toledo-Moctezumas Palace, coordinated by  D. Juan Varela Simó.
This exhibition is included in the `Birds Cáceres Festival' events.

Link to the catalogue.
Link to the programme.

74th International Contest of Visual Arts in Valdepeñas

Nostalgia, Motacilla alba

Bronze on old plough and wood, 89x120x70 cm.

Inscription: ' To my father, heir of a culture which is almos lost-'

Nostalgia, Motacilla alba (Detail)

This sculpture is the result of my second casting. It has been selected for the 74th International Contest of Visual Arts in Valdepeñas.. If you remember, last edition, I was also selected by my work Alba.  

Cover of the catalogue

Page of the catalogue where the selected work appears 

Pictures of the opening

From left to right: D. Manuel López Rodríguez, Deputy Mayor and responsible for Culture, Commerce and Tourism Area of Valdepeñas Town Hall; Dª. Tania Blanco, Gold Medal of the Exhibition; D. Dis Berlín, guest artist and member of the jury in  the present edition; D. Felipe Garín Llombart, Art History Professor and museographer, ex-director of El Prado Museum and Spain Academy in Rome, and current Director of the Museum Consortium in Valencian Community and the Arts Institute El Carmen and member of the jury and D. Jesús Martin Rodríguez-Caro, Mayor of Valdepeñas, during the opening  ceremony of the exhibition. 

Images of the opening 

My little daughter, Andrea Gaia, and me next to the work 

Third casting

Casting wax:  From left to right:my father, my brother-in-law, me and José 'Picanio'.

During these summer weeks and with a trip to Lisbon in-between, I have melt by myself for the third time. My mates Ándres and Lolita couldn't come this time, so I felt like facing final  exams. I have been alone during the whole process; well, that's not really the truth as my brother-in-law, my father and  José 'Picanio'have been there giving me a hand when it was needed.

Removing casting wax

All the moulds after casting wax 

I've recorded some videos of the melting but they're not high-quality.

All the pieces after melting 

This time I've melted eleven micros (direct technique with crucible of ceramics shell incorporated). Three of them will be part of a new work and the rest are proofs and part of pieces which didn't turn out well in previous castings and which I'll use to repair them.

Here is my new work: 'PRIVATE HUNTING PRESERVE, Athene noctua - Smerinthus ocellatus'.

Sketches and studies of the work 

Wax model of Athene noctua

Wax model of Smerinthus ocellatus

I'd also like to show you the casting tree of the main piece (the little owl). I've divided it in two micros in order to facilitate the casting process.

The Living River II, Alcedo atthis

The Living River II, Alcedo atthis
Bronze, Iron and wood, 95x61x61 cm.

Details

The Living River II, Alcedo atthis
Bronze, Iron and wood, 95x61x61 cm.

First of all, I have to apologize... I haven´t much time to create and spread my sculptures. Despite that, I´ve been working a little...
Description of the process of creation:

 After making the main piece in bronze and preparing the wood which will be part of the structure of the work, I prepare a model in cardboard.

 After that, I cut the pieces of iron sheet, I smooth down the edges, weld and assemble all the pieces and colour the main piece.

I´d like to thank my neighbour and master in everything which has to do with iron and welding, Manolito `Perú´, who lends me his workshop every time I go to Rociana. Thank you, my friend!