Vintage Lucy Phelps Lucite Sculpture

Description

Starting from solid acrylic material, each sculpture is bandsaw-cut into its component pieces. The material, solidly colored either black or … more Starting from solid acrylic material, each sculpture is bandsaw-cut into its component pieces. The material, solidly colored either black or clear, varies in thickness from 3/16 of an inch to 2 inches.

Having cut the pieces for a sculpture, then they are grinded into their desired shapes. Next their edges are sanded and polished. In the case of some of our more torsional and whimsical sculptures, the pieces may be heated in a large, ten-foot oven until they can be reshaped by delicate handwork.

Finally the pieces are assembled onto an acrylic base (handmade by the same process), fused with a solvent, and sometimes accented with a red or black or clear acrylic ball.

Each finished sculpture is a unique, signed original. less