Hour Glass Timepiece to be Cast in Metal

Hour glass sculpted in plasticine clay with found object inclusion (beads, buttons, toy animals) 

for texture.

7 sculpted pieces prepared for 2-piece sand molds.

Brushing off the parting sand.

2-piece molds are complete.

Brushing on mold wash to help with a clean and detailed casting. 

Will glue the molds back together and they are ready for molten aluminum. 

The Annual Art Show at Sister Kenny Institute is Coming Up Soon!

Little Old School House Up On the Hill

The 50th Annual International Art Show by Artists with Disabilities 
May 2 to 24, 2013

Grand Opening

Thursday, May 2, 2013

5 to 8 p.m

I will be there at the Grand Opening - stop by to see me and find out if I have received any awards this year!

http://www.allinahealth.org/ahs/ski.nsf/page/artshow

For more information, please call 612-863-4872

Self-Advocacy Art Exhibit

Paintings on Exhibition

2013 Minnesota
Self-Advocacy
Conference

April 26 – 27, 2013

A conference for adults and transition-aged youth with disabilities, as well as allies within the self-advocacy movement. “Together, Yes We CAN!

Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Hotel

11 East Kellogg Boulevard

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 

(651) 292-1900

http://mnselfadvocacyconference.com/

Transforming a Landscape Drawing into Metal!

Little Red School House Up On the Hill

The Cast Metal Process

'Little Red School House Up On the Hill' marker drawing.

Sculpted in plasticene clay, put in a wood flask, 
and ready for the sand mold.

Mixing resin bonded sand for first half of the mold.

Pouring wet sand onto sculpture.

Packing down the sand onto the sculpture 
to get good detail of the sculpture in the mold.

Pack down flat and smooth and let set up for 12 hours.

Flip mold over and make other half of the mold.

Mix sand.

Pack down firmly on top of other half of the mold 

and let set up for 12 hours.

Open up the mold.

Separate the two halves of the mold.

Remove the plasticene clay sculpture.

Carving into the sand mold to create "channels" for the liquid metal 

to flow to the sculpture.

Group Exhibition with VSA

New Colorful Prints of All Sizes Available

Size Price

5x7 5.00

8x10 10.00

11x17 15.00

18x24 20.00

(How to Order on right side)

My Circus Fruit I

My Circus Fruit II

My Peace Flower Pot with Colorful Flowers on a Brown Table in Front of a Stained Glass Window

Mother, Father and Three Babies

My Cabin Looking Over My Tree Forest with Running Stream

Tiger Tree

My Shirt Front

Greeting Cards Available Now!

5"x6.5" Greeting Cards
white cards and envelopes - individually wrapped
3.00 each
6 for 15.00

How to Order Your Cards
-see information below-

Choose from 10 images:



















1-Colorful Mountains



















2-Flower at Home















3-My Red School House Looking Over the Forest



















4-My King Bush Tree Next to a Stream and King Pin Mountains



















5-Grove of Trees















6-My Cabin in the Woods



















7-Mountain Shades and Colors of Volcanic Rock



















8-House in the Corner Next to the Freeway



















9-My Mountain Pass Looking Down at the Ocean and My Thumb Island















10-My Stained Glass

HOW TO ORDER:
1. Email your order and mailing address to allanhbenson@gmail.com
2. You will receive a confirmation email with the additional postage cost and address for you to send a check.
3. You mail a check.
4. Your order will be quickly delivered to you!