LizAnne Jensen

LizAnne Jensen posted on the forum topic When sculptors craft in the group Main Table: 10 months ago

I just posted a few photos of our Zeus weathervane to illustrate the point made in my post above.
LizAnne Jensen uploaded a new picture: Zeus weathervane – … 10 months ago

When making weather vanes, it is desirable for the sculpture piece to have two front sides rather than a front or back. That way, no matter which way the wind blows, you are able to view the sculpture piece from it's optimum side.
LizAnne Jensen uploaded a new picture: Zeus weathervane de… 10 months ago

Detail of Zeus weather vane.
LizAnne Jensen uploaded a new picture: Zeus weathervane 10 months ago

Zeus Weathervane. Copper and Nickel Silver with gold and palladium leafing. Translucent glass eyes.
LizAnne Jensen uploaded a new picture: Carousel-Horse-Weat… 10 months ago

A detail of our Carousel Horse weathervane.
LizAnne Jensen uploaded a new picture: Carousel-Horse-Weat… 10 months ago

Swell bodied copper weathervane with gold and palladium leaf and multiple glass jewels.
LizAnne Jensen posted on the forum topic When sculptors craft in the group Main Table: 10 months ago

I suppose we are craft sculptors. We make handcrafted copper weather vanes using techniques that date back to Hellenistic Greek times. Our work is intentionally not three-dimensional for functionality’s sake; weathervane sculpture pieces need to turn in the wind. The style of sculpture we do is called swell bodied, rather than full bodied, so they [...]
LizAnne Jensen posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 5 months ago

In reply to: Convenor posted an update: @lizanne Welcome LizAnne, who follows the breezes off the west coast of the USA. View

Thanks for the welcome. I enjoy The Journal of American Craft and am looking forward to monitoring and perhaps occasionally contributing to this forum.
My main area of interest is collaboration in craft, particularly as it occurred in the Guilds of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance. Our handcrafted weather vane business is somewhat modeled…[Read more]
LizAnne Jensen became a registered member 1 year, 5 months ago