Comments on: Sam Spiczka http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483 Artist Submissions, New Artists, Submit Art Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gil Bruvel http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=2#comment-45556 Gil Bruvel Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:57:34 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-45556 Sam is one of the best sculptor of our time. Sam is one of the best sculptor of our time.

]]> By: Sam http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=2#comment-34297 Sam Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:27:27 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34297 It is a bit hard to judge the scale of American Lotus from these images, but it is rather large. The "trap" section is around 10 feet in diameter with the jaws approximately 3 feet wide ... making it large enough to catch something quite substantial. The piece from my Impaled Cairn series which was destroyed was actually composed of two other pieces in that series. It was a temporary installation at the Franconia Sculpture Park in Minnesota. Eventually it was dismantled and the parts returned to their original sculptures, hence the label "destroyed." Thanks for the comments everyone. If you haven't made it over to my main site yet, I suggest checking out my more recent work. A lot of it has a more organic nature which can be a bit easier to warm up to. It is a bit hard to judge the scale of American Lotus from these images, but it is rather large. The “trap” section is around 10 feet in diameter with the jaws approximately 3 feet wide … making it large enough to catch something quite substantial.

The piece from my Impaled Cairn series which was destroyed was actually composed of two other pieces in that series. It was a temporary installation at the Franconia Sculpture Park in Minnesota. Eventually it was dismantled and the parts returned to their original sculptures, hence the label “destroyed.”

Thanks for the comments everyone. If you haven’t made it over to my main site yet, I suggest checking out my more recent work. A lot of it has a more organic nature which can be a bit easier to warm up to.

]]> By: Bilhenry Walker http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=2#comment-34090 Bilhenry Walker Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:40:21 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34090 I like the implied danger of this sculpture. Makes you wonder what it is supposed to catch...off world perhaps? I like the implied danger of this sculpture. Makes you wonder what it is supposed to catch…off world perhaps?

]]> By: Cindy http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=2#comment-34080 Cindy Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:34:31 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34080 Sam, this is wonderful. I have watched your work evolve in the most interesting ways. Thank you for expressing your art in these forms. The depth of the pieces, the joints, the connections, the color, the texture, the beginnings and the endings, make me look forward to your next piece, your next insight. Each piece is an awakening. I look forward to you next piece. Sam, this is wonderful. I have watched your work evolve in the most interesting ways. Thank you for expressing your art in these forms. The depth of the pieces, the joints, the connections, the color, the texture, the beginnings and the endings, make me look forward to your next piece, your next insight. Each piece is an awakening. I look forward to you next piece.

]]> By: Ernie Stedman http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=2#comment-34079 Ernie Stedman Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:04:28 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34079 Sam, You never cease to amaze me with your creativity. Your work is unique and unusual. Ernie Stedman Sam,
You never cease to amaze me with your creativity. Your work is unique and unusual.
Ernie Stedman

]]> By: Frank Uryasz http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=2#comment-34078 Frank Uryasz Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:26:50 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34078 I purchased one of Sam's sculptures a few years ago. It resides in our back yard and it lives beautifully with the nature around it. I purchased one of Sam’s sculptures a few years ago. It resides in our back yard and it lives beautifully with the nature around it.

]]> By: martha walker http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34077 martha walker Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:54:44 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34077 sam is truly one of my favorite sculptors. a real inspiration. his work is sensitive, interesting, and unique. i expect that we'll all be hearing great things about sam. sam is truly one of my favorite sculptors. a real inspiration. his work is sensitive, interesting, and unique. i expect that we’ll all be hearing great things about sam.

]]> By: Erik http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34076 Erik Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:07:14 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34076 Simply amazing. This 'demo' photo it just the tip. After exploring his site I'm really feeling the emotion in this work. Personally trying to figure out how to build a house around Nighthawk. The burnings have really sparked an interest in my mind, there is some work that I have been doing similar to that. Thank you Sam. Oh and what happend to the destroyed piece? Simply amazing. This ‘demo’ photo it just the tip. After exploring his site I’m really feeling the emotion in this work. Personally trying to figure out how to build a house around Nighthawk. The burnings have really sparked an interest in my mind, there is some work that I have been doing similar to that. Thank you Sam. Oh and what happend to the destroyed piece?

]]> By: Shannon Vadnie http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34069 Shannon Vadnie Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:37:50 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34069 Sam seems to have an ingrained ability to see beyond the natural. He incorporates vision with materials entirely foreign to nature to create his scuptures. In agreement with other friends, admireers and poster, his look does captivate us with a feel for a "distant time" in an eerily modern fashion. And given the sturdiness of his medium, he has allowed future generations of creators (AKA kids) to explore them in a hands-on bodies-roaming sort of way. I am an ageless fan of his from a time remembered and into the imaginable future. Stay the course, good friend! Shannon :o) Sam seems to have an ingrained ability to see beyond the natural. He incorporates vision with materials entirely foreign to nature to create his scuptures. In agreement with other friends, admireers and poster, his look does captivate us with a feel for a “distant time” in an eerily modern fashion.
And given the sturdiness of his medium, he has allowed future generations of creators (AKA kids) to explore them in a hands-on bodies-roaming sort of way.
I am an ageless fan of his from a time remembered and into the imaginable future. Stay the course, good friend!
Shannon :o)

]]> By: meandererstill http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34068 meandererstill Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:12:28 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34068 Interesting but lousy sense of scale. Is it BIG or teeny? Interesting but lousy sense of scale. Is it BIG or teeny?

]]> By: Steve Nowatzki http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34066 Steve Nowatzki Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34066 Well, well Sam: Looks like you've been busy despite the addition of Zoe to the studio mix. Hope to see you guys on the road sometime this summer. Steve Well, well Sam: Looks like you’ve been busy despite the addition of Zoe to the studio mix. Hope to see you guys on the road sometime this summer.
Steve

]]> By: Steve http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34065 Steve Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:54:33 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34065 Sam is a modern alchemist; distilling the sacred ore into objects of immense spiritual strength. A pilgrimage to his website will make you into a humble believer. Sam is a modern alchemist; distilling the sacred ore into objects of immense spiritual strength. A pilgrimage to his website will make you into a humble believer.

]]> By: MissLaura http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34064 MissLaura Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:27:51 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34064 Absolutely striking. DO visit the artist's website-the images of his work there are much better, I think. As someone who has previously lived in the same region he does, I appreciate his connection to the natural environment around him. Absolutely striking. DO visit the artist’s website-the images of his work there are much better, I think. As someone who has previously lived in the same region he does, I appreciate his connection to the natural environment around him.

]]> By: Harry McDaniel http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34063 Harry McDaniel Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:25 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34063 Check out Sam's website. Great work! Check out Sam’s website. Great work!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34062 Nancy Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:12:48 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34062 Sam's work is among the most sophisticated in workmanship--and elevated in vision--of today's contemporary sculptors. And just think--there's more to come:) Sam’s work is among the most sophisticated in workmanship–and elevated in vision–of today’s contemporary sculptors. And just think–there’s more to come:)

]]> By: emil alzamora http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483&cpage=1#comment-34061 emil alzamora Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:04:23 +0000 http://www.artistaday.com/?p=3483#comment-34061 Yeah Sam! nice to see you here. Love your work, it is from a distant time and place. Sturdy and elegant. Iron is the most stable of elements. Wish Relic was up there! im biased though. emil Yeah Sam!
nice to see you here. Love your work, it is from a distant time and place. Sturdy and elegant. Iron is the most stable of elements. Wish Relic was up there! im biased though.

emil

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