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Cantrell believes that her sculptures are a way for people to
better understand the earth's wild creatures. "If my sculptures can
make people think about wildlife and appreciate the importance of wildlife,
then maybe they will feel compelled to help protect it."
A member of several environmental organizations, Cantrell donates aportion of the proceeds from her art to the Nature Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund, the Grounded Eagle Foundation and HOWL- Helping Our Wildlife. |
| Genesis, a division of
Starlite Originals, Inc. creates Fine Art Sculpture in the traditional
Old World style. Created in Mixed Media* - the
harmonious blending of precious metals and actual hot-torched acid patinas combined with LUCITE* that add rich color and texture - the Genesis foundry is able to bring an artist's vision to life. Now, all collectors - not just a privileged few - can enjoy the luxury of owning fine art. Genesis originals
arrive at the foundry in the form of plastiline- the result of the artists'
sculpting and resculpting, soft clay. From these originals, first-generation
models are created. Each sculpture is sectioned into a myriad of component
parts and placed into molds for the creation of individual cavities
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Once these metals have solidified in the molds and are released,
the component parts are welded together to form the final shape of the
sculpture. Meticulous hand work with fine stainless steel tools recovers
detail lost in the welding process.
At that point, each original sculpture is bathed in hand-applied precious metals and various patinas, In finishing, the sculpture is hand-relieved with a combination of steel wool and sand to release the color and texture of the original metal form. In its final stages, the metal castings are embedded into the Lucite. Once the Lucite is baked and cured, its texture and visual appearance is very rough. Hours of painstaking hand polishing is then put into making the Lucite Crystal clear.
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