A 'Steelish' Wuthering Heights

Starting today, March 10, there is a course in the Pratt's Art Center of Seattle that it's somehow Brontë-related:

Judith and Daniel Caldwell have developed an array of processes and techniques that allow them to make one-of-a-kind bronze castings. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own cast bronze “drawing,” by engraving directly into a blank pre-cast resin bonded sand mold, using innovative tools and techniques to transfer original images onto sand surface and carve the mold. During the class, each member will create a mold and prepare it for pouring, take part in a bronze pour, finish the bronze casting, and have the opportunity to polychrome the drawing with transparent metal dyes.

Dan and Judith Caldwell, design and fabricate in cast bronze, iron, aluminum and stainless steel, creating decorative elements for floors and walls, lighting fixtures, fountains, tree grates, grillwork, and freestanding sculpture. (...) The majority of their projects focus on designing a setting or background in which a group of unique bronze castings of related images can be placed, emphasizing multiplicity and variety within a natural or social system.

And.. where is the Brontë reference, you may ask? Well, Dan and Judith Caldwell are the authors of the piece that you can see on the top right of the post (source Seattleoutdoorart.com)

Title: Homage to the King of Cats
Artist: Judith Caldwell, 1990
Location: Alexandria Condominiums at 3028 Western on sidewalk level.
Medium: Steel
Descr: Painted steel panel covering window grill showing scene of conflict from "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë (Pictured is one of several scenes). Illustrations were drawn in the 1930s by Balthus and used as template to create the panels.

If you are interested, by the way, in Balthus' illustrations for Wuthering Heights you can check this interesting post (more pictures here or here)

Categories: Art-Exhibitions, Wuthering_Heights, Weirdo