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Welcome to Hunt Wildlife Studios Website
Our address has changed and we have opened a new Gallery and Studio on the Oregon Coast:
Here's our new contact information:
NEW MAILING ADDRESS
Bill & Rebecca Hunt
Kelp Forest Gallery at the Aquarium Village
2925 Ferry Slip Road - Box 62
Newport, OR 97365
Ph 541-867-4799
Cell 970-222-9568
eMail: bill@huntstudios.com (unchanged)
Web: http://www.huntstudios.com/main.htm (unchanged)
NEW SHIPPING AND PHYSICAL ADDRESS
The shipping address (for all but USPS) and physical location is the:
Aquarium Village; 3101 Ferry Slip Rd - Unit 810 - 811
Newport, OR 97365
This is a complex of Specialty Shops, Artist's Studios, Cafes and Antique Shops adjacent to the Oregon Coast Aquarium just south of the historic Yaquina Bay Bridge. It's known as the South Beach section of Newport. The Aquarium is literally a short walk away. Unlike our home in CO, Newport is a tourist destination. The Hatfield Marine Science Center is here as well; an extension of Oregon State University in Corvallis.
Advantages of having our own Gallery include being able to carry the work of other Artists that will compliment our work. I have already spoken to Mark Hallett an Artist from Salem, OR who does Paleo-Wildlife. His work has appeared in National Geographic several times, and he has published at least two books on Pleistocene Mammals. I can show framed prints and books along with my own Dinosaur bronzes and fabricated pieces like the Plesiosaur. While Mark is a nationally known and published artist, he doesn't show his work anywhere on the Oregon Coast. Another long time friend is Don McMichaels from North Bend, just north of Coos Bay, OR. He is semi retired, but he has some gorgeous prints and posters available, and these will compliment my Marine and Aquatic pieces. Don's prints are represented by only one gallery on the Oregon Coast, that in Bandon, well south of Newport. His originals go to private collectors or to exhibits at the Mystic Maritime Gallery in Mystic, CT. We are already talking about Don doing a mural or a series of panels that can be attached to the front facade of our Gallery in the Aquarium Village. We are going to call it the "Kelp Forest Gallery". Don's mural will include underwater/above water scene typical of the Oregon Coast. We'll fit right in and stand out at the same time. Rebecca and I want to create some new metal sculpture/stained glass collaborations as well. These will be primarily ons sided wall hangings of Pacific Coast fish at first, work that might be suitable for a Seafood Restaurant. Slumped stained glass inserts in my fabricated metal frame work. Kelp fronds sculpted to support the fish and keep with the theme of the Gallery. We have several other sources for lower end items, and we think it wise to stock items in the $5 to $95 range. Sharks teeth, singing magnets, resin castings, books, Rebecca's note cards and other items similar to those that you might find at a "Nature Company" store.
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72. "GONE FISHING" - Belted Kingfisher - Click on Image
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NEW! Stained Glass by Rebecca
Bill and Rebecca Hunt have produced over 70 limited edition bronzes and numerous one of a kind pieces in fabricated metal sculpture and stained glass. Wildlife and paleo-wildlife subjects include birds of prey, wading birds, marine mammals, sea birds, turtles, waterfowl, fish and dinosaurs. Some figurative work as well as art nouveau reproductions and special automotive and avaiation sculpture are also included in Bill and Rebecca's portfolio.
Traditional bronzes are cast by the lost wax method, from their original metal, clay and wax sculptures. The creation of an original bronze sometimes begins with a fabricated metal sculpture. Overall design; position, attitude, and proportions are outlined in metal, which serves as a rigid armature. Layers of clay and wax, depending upon the desired level of detail, are built up over the metal sculpture. Then elaborate and accurate feather and scale patterns and other fine detail are sculpted and carved in the clay and wax. Finally, the original sculpture is signed, dated and edition size set.
A flexible silicon rubber mold with a rigid fiberglass jacket is taken off the original sculpture. This "Master Mold" is used to cast the wax duplicates for the lost wax casting process. It takes one wax pattern to produce one bronze casting. So, although there is a mold involved, each wax is detailed, each bronze is cast and finished by hand one at a time.
Bill and Rebecca are involved in all aspects, from detailing waxes to chasing, finishing and patina work. As a working team of artists, Rebecca does most of the wax work in preparation for the foundry. The ceramic shell investment and metal pours will be done at the Maiden Foundry in Sandy, OR just east of Portland. Bill has developed his own hot chemical patina techniques and uses a variety of natural, multi-colored patinas on most of his pieces; rich iron reds, browns and golds, copper blues and greens, silver grays and titanium whites. Some colors, such as the slate blue color of the Great Blue Heron, are impossible to achieve with chemicals, and a light acrylic wash is applied over the base patina. Patinas are sealed with a coat of paste wax while the bronze is still hot from the patina process, or a coat of clear acrylic after the bronze is cool. Most bronzes are mounted on green or white marble or on orchard hardwood bases.
After exploring their website give Bill and Rebecca a call, for brochures or information about their latest work. Thank you for visiting.
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