Sculptured artworks by Robert Woodbury of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sculptures add a sturdy yet elegant piece of art to any foyer, lobby, office or living room. They show the true value of three dimensional beauty. Robert is a master at sculpture and works quickly. The pictures below are a very small taste of what he is capable of doing. Call Robert to get an initial consultation today for a custom piece or see what he is working on right now !
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Polar bear sculpture with glass layers |
Illuminated glass sculpture
for the Muttart conservatory |
Sculptural pieces in layered glass wood and soapstone. |
Figurine
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Ice sculptures
"Icefrog"
2007 ice sculpture on Whyte ave , Edmonton |
Ice Pegasus |
"Building Canada"
for the 100th anniversary of Old Strathcona county , Edmonton, Alberta
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Ice sculpture artwork in progress
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Our sculpture "Sundogs" is on the right. Delayne Corbet, Captain, Face by Robert Woodbury, Laval Bergeron
National competition, representing Alberta
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Laval Bergeron, Delayne Corbett (Captain), Robert Woodbury all smiles after winning the prix des artistes at Carnival de Quebec representing Canada. Hard work and Delayne's great design made it a work of passion.
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Based on a painting by Matisse, this circle of dancing figures is created from a block of snow 12' x 12' x 18'
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The Bison sculpture project - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The life scale fiberglass buffalo for the Edmonton Gateway project fundraiser were created in 2000 at Cryson Enterprises Fiberglass plant in Edmonton from an original sculpture by Gerry Nason. This was in response to an article in the Edmonton Journal that suggested Edmonton be represented by a more Edmontonian animal than a cow... since we have the most buffalo of anywhere in North America it was the natural candidate for an artistic animal canvas.
Malcolm Leslie of Fauxform display concepts is the mould maker and facilitator turning dream into fiberglass reality.
Rainbow buffalo painted by Robert Woodbury on Gateway Boulevard, Edmonton
Faux Bronze Bison, Life-size. The realistic bronze finish is created with premium LuminOre metallic finish.
Robert and Suzanne taking a break , Robert finishing bison, One more on the resin bucket
Each buffalo required nearly 200 pounds of fiberglass, polyester resin and filler. Casting by spraying, hand laying up fiberglass, removing the cast protection sleeves, trimming, gluing all the parts, assembling and trimming took about 2 days per buffalo when all the kinks where worked out. It took 6 people to assemble the mold and 2 more to finish the rough castings and prepare them for painting.
Now that the project is over and the buffalo are covered in snow, it was a great time, but hard work.
by Robert Woodbury
Sculpture -Cows in the City - A Mooving experience
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Me and my pal while exercising. |
Moostro
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Mother, artist and cow. |
The story of Moostro, in which the hero finds unherd of acclaim from a cowsmopolitan source.
Early in 2000 I was contacted to produce designs for a cow. Yes, a cow for "Cows in the City" a charitable fundraiser for Success by 6 a school awareness program. The Works Arts organization in Edmonton gave me all the information I needed to make a great proposal and then I waited. Soon they called me and asked if I would be willing to take on a special cow. It seems my reputation for structural innovation preceded me, (or no one else would do it) . The cow in question had to be significantly altered from the original mold they were making all the other cows with. I went out to NAIT where the plastics technology people helped me make the changes necessary. Then after 4 or 5 days of working with fiberglass resin that stuck to everything and made your head spin with the fumes, I took the cow to my apartment for painting. I had just moved into a one bedroom near Whyte Avenue. and when I got the cow delivered to the Cat's Glass on Whyte, there was some doubt as to how we would get it into the apartment. I took apart an old tent, made a tarp for the living room floor and loaded the cow onto a dolly from the shipping area and a friend and I proceeded to move it down the street.
Well. I never got such reaction from a performance on a street corner. People were stopping and staring, making wisecracks about steering it right and taking it on the hoof. Finally we got it moved up the stairs and into the apartment. There I began painting using urethane paints. More fumes. nnnnngg.. The painting went smoothly although my cat almost had a heart attack when the cow fell towards her off the speaker I had it propped up on. Once painting was complete the cow had to be transported out to Nait to be put on it's base. As we were taking it out the back door of the apartment there was an old broken exercise bike there. The truck was not yet there and there was nowhere to prop it. So I had a brainstorm and thought... wouldn't it be funny if... and it was. The cow fit perfectly on the exercise bike. See the pictures if you don't believe me. Then we shipped it off to Nait. A custom base needed to be made out of sheet steel for the cow since it would not fit the provided bases in concrete and it would be going on a slate floor in the Winspear Centre where any damage to the flooring would be expensive. So I had ordered a sheet of steel from maple leaf metals and had been told it would be delivered by Thursday. It was Friday. School would be closed Saturday until summer was over. The welding instructor who had access to the equipment and would be following my instructions to make the base welds was leaving at 5:00. The clock was ticking. At 4:00 the sheet of steel showed up and we quickly set to work, cutting out the base and welding the foot anchors in place. We just finished as the welder had to go. Now I move the base over to the other shop, painted it, mounted the cow in place and realized the bolts were wrong. More fudging and fussing. Then everything was ready. I could scarcely believe it. I was done.
Bell Intrigna, the sponsor was very pleased and at the cow auction at city hall it got quite a lot of attention. There was even a dedication ceremony at the Winspear Centre and a buffet and the CEO of the Winspear spoke highly of the joint ventures to come of the association of Bell Intrigna and the Winspear.
Now it is January 2001 and I am installing a tail stabilizer for the cow. I am certain there will be maintenance on this cow, but how does one dress for "Cow Maintenance" Perhaps a spotted coverall. The experience has taught me much, mostly, never underestimate the difficulty of a project by it's lighthearted nature.
By Robert Woodbury
