261: Scott Ross on ram casting solid clay sculpture

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a lecture
from Scott Ross about building large scale sculpture for wood
kilns. He builds his work by ram casting laminated layers of
solid clay, which he then manipulates into geometric forms. In
the lecture he discusses ram casting forming methods and the
logistics of moving a 900-pound piece into a kiln. Ross is an
Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Linfield College in
McMinnville, OR. For more information on Scott visit
www.scottrossstudio.org. The lecture was given at the Cultural
Confluence Wood Fire Symposium, held in Helena, MT in October
2018.


 


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