by Shawna Barnes | Feb 11, 2018 | Sculpting, Studio Practice
Sculpting the Indian War Elephant WAAAAY back in September 2017 (it’s February 2018 at the time I’m writing this..) I was soo excited to start the next animal in my Animals of War series. It was going to be an animal I had not yet sculpted – an... by Shawna Barnes | Oct 22, 2017 | Studio Practice, Accessibility, Art Studio, Sculpting, Spoonie
Hand Weakness One of the things that affects my sculpting the most, is my hand weakness. My left hand is measurably weaker than my right by 50%. Recently, however, that doesn’t seem to matter when I over do it. My myasthenia gravis is definitely making... by Shawna Barnes | Oct 4, 2017 | Sculpting
Work In Progress – Indian War Elephant Right now, I’m working on my 5th sculpture in my “Animals of War” series. The first four have all been dogs of war. With this piece, I wanted to push my boundaries. Not only in changing up the species... by Shawna Barnes | Apr 1, 2017 | Art as Therapy, About Me, Sculpting
Clay Therapy As you may or may not know, my medical retirement from the Army is what led me down the path to finding clay. I was retired in July 2011 and took my first pottery class in October the same year. This was before I began having neuropathy and weakness in...
