LAIRD HOVLAND SCULPTURE SERVICES

Contact Laird at this email address to discuss any of the services, below:

COMMISSIONS Producing pieces from miniature to monumental in scale, I fabricate, forge, and cast sculpture in bronze, steel, and aluminum, creating and installing site specific works. I also construct utilitarian works and functional pieces, ranging from restaurant furniture and signs for businesses, to garden trellises in steel, working with the client to design and build pieces to specifications.

FOUNDRY SERVICES I provide expert lost wax casting services, with personal attention unavailable in large production foundries, and experience unequaled. I use a network of professional independent foundry technicians to bring sculptures to completion, providing the best possible castings for an equitable price. A closer working relationship between the artist and craftperson allows for greater freedom of expression for the artist, and a final product that is a realization of the artist's conception.

CLASSES I offer individual and group classes in lost wax casting technique in Laird Hovland Sculpture Studio on Baca Street in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Teaching is individually tailored to the experience level and desire of the student, with attention given to their particular preferences. Basic instruction covers equipment, tools, and methods of pouring and dressing wax patterns using rubber molds or making unique pieces directly in wax.  Waxes can be cast in bronze, and further instruction in metal finishing and patina is also available.

Rotating photos, above: Rhombic Dual Pillar, Star Tetrahedron Mandala, Rhombicuboctahedron Pillar.
Photos, right: Star Tetrahedron Mandala, Bakery Case, Laird working on a Roxanne Sculpture wax, and a garden trellis.