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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 3, January 21, 2018, Article 31

FEATURED WEB SITE: HEIDI WASTWEET

This week's Featured Web Site is the studio of medal artist and citizens Coinage Adviory Committee member Heidi Wastweet.

I lead a dual life of medallic sculptor, and studio artist focused on bas-relief sculpture. The two disciplines perpetually inform and inspire each other.

I love bas-relief for its perfect marriage of the tactile nature of sculpture with the illusional qualities of drawing. It can depict effects such as shadow, transparency, and atmosphere which are not usually attributed to sculpture.

Themes of duality and challenging old stories with new twists are portrayed in my work through symbolism and the human figure. My style of contemporary realism is inspired by classic Italian art and ancient Egyptian carvings, heavily influenced by modern Polish sculpture, specifically in the juxtaposition of positive and negative spaces.

The scale of my work ranges from hand held coins to standing monuments. The coins and medals are struck at a variety of private mints. The bronzes are cast at an art foundry and then I apply the patina to each one by my own hand.

Wastweet Pandora Defiant

www.wastweetstudio.com



Wayne Homren, Editor

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