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Who: Is there space to tell who you are:
Award-winning artist Judy Salinsky
strives to interject her creative attitude and optimism into all her artistic
endeavors. For the past two decades she has studied with many well-known
artists such as Sebastian Capella, Robert Watts, Ron and Vanessa Lemen. Not one
to limit her interests, Judy works with a variety of subjects and mediums, and
recently found herself delving into the three-dimensional world of bronze
sculpture, winning first place at both the 2014 San Diego County Fair and Del
Mar Art Show. Along with being an accomplished oil painter, Judy spent many
years working as a graphic artist and commissioned illustrator for the New York
Zoo, the Living Desert in Palm Desert, California, as well as teaching art at
the community college level. Judy, a California native, describes herself as a
dedicated professional artist with eclectic interests.
What: Bronze Sting Ray Sculpture with a wing spanned of 28” and tail length of 36” . Curved
tail from base, The height, approximately height of forty inches. The rods will
be hidden by the flowing kelp and give support to the ray, extending the ray in
mid-air creating an appearance of swimming.
Why: My intention is to
cast a large bronze stingray sculpture depicting beautiful stingrays in their
natural habitat and install it in public view with a plaque educating
beach-goers on the presence of these creatures, and how to safely enjoy the
beach, protecting themselves and the stingray habitat at the same time.
Where: “Sculpture in the Garden”
San Diego Botanical Sculpture
Garden
230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
When: April 2016
What you've done so far?
Created (1) Award
winning Bronze Ocean Dancer I, a single standing sculpture measuring 7x7x9”.
Small Marquette studies, Trio of rays, and
“Work in Progeress” Marquette of Ocean Dancer II.
How long would it take you to do
this once you get the
money?
Short Term:
Work in
progress with Trio of Rays, which is the Marquette study, estimate time of
completion; February 2015
Work in
progress with Single Ocean Dancer II, Marquette study, estimate time of
completion; February 2015
Long Term:
Steps in
finished Single Ocean Dancer II.
3-D scanned
to produce an up-scaled version of Ocean Dancer II
Wing span measuring
28”, tail length 36”.
Once model
is produced, send to foam fabrication, creating a exact replica model out of
foam. This is used as a replacement to an armature. The foam is sprayed to
protect and clay is formed to cover the foam, which is then used as a mold for
the wax. The process is the same as with the smaller sculpture, only much grander
on scale, costly and done in sections. This entails cleaning any excess pieces
of wax that are not part of the sculpture, smoothing out any bumps, filing in
nix.
The pour is
next, once cooled, cutting off excess metal welding the sections together,
sanding, polishing, patching any flaws sand blasting and polishing again.
Welding the sculpture together and repeating the same process until all pieces
are one with the art form.
The Patina
is ready to be applied.
The Cost:
Short Term Estimated Cost at
this time 4,570.
3-D Scan 250.
Data
Collected & Cleaned 300.
Fabricated
Foam 1000.
Modeling
Clay 275.
Armature 50.
Mold Support 500.
Labor 800.
Consumables
Welding
Grinding
Disks 200.
Patina 100.
Foundry
Usage 375.
·
Fuel to Drive to Foundry 3 times per week
o
30. per Week
o
X 4 weeks = 120.
X 6 months 720.
Estimated at this time 4,570.
“Give Aways” Incentives
$ 5 USD cost
.00 x 20= 100.00 100.00
Ocean Dancer
Thanks you !!
$ 25 USD cost
1.75 x 20= 35.00 500.00
Ocean Dancer~PostCard
$ 50 USD cost
2.75
x 30= 82.50 1,500.00
Ocean Dancer~Poem
$ 75 USD cost
6.75 x 20= 135.00 1,500.00
Matted Print of
OceanDancer
$ 100 USD cost
16.75 x 20= 335.00 2,000.00
Poem with T-shirt
$ 150 USD cost
21.25 x 10= 212.50 1,500.00
Post Card
Poem
T-Shirt
$200 USD cost
28.00 x 10= 280.00 2,000.00
Post Card
Poem 1,180.00 9100.00
T-Shirt
Print & Matt of
OceanDancer
My Time 3,350.
Incentive Cost 1,180.
Estimate Cost 4,570.
Long Term Estimated Cost at this time 9,100.00
Is there some number of how many people get
stung in a
summer?
A census of rays in Seal Beach, California found that about
16,000 rays live along just a few hundred yards of shoreline. And, not
surprisingly, the area reports more stingray injuries than any place on Earth —
about 400 a year.
Awareness at
all beaches.
Solana Beach
awareness on their city web page
Do they go to hospitals?
Small precentage of people may need advance medical help due to infection or barb still in skin.
