Comments on: Midsummer sculpture in progress

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By: edward s.

edward s. — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:59:07 +0000

charles vess; after 24 years of archivng the life’s work of an artist, and also having done brionze, I can appreciate the work here, simply stunning figures, in balance and form. Since there is no direct email address, I will leave the contact here. I am doing a series of interviews to DVD with artists and architects from around the world. Many of your peers, and would like to move the invitation to you, for the Legacy Series. Even if you would not consider, please let me now. Nothing worse than habitually bothering someone. Please use email address for a response. thanks, Charles Vess.

By: Orchid Lament

Orchid Lament — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:14:17 +0000

Fabulous! work Im very impressed indeed! Having worked ion this scale In LA LA Land I know the difficulkties of sculpting using this process. Ive done allot of green foam sculpting but it just doesnt have that edge like getting your hands dirty . By the by Be From faerie Magazine told me you liked my Diaries and i just wanted to say that I dig your work muchly! as well. Wonderful Pen and ink. Im a big fan of Virgil Finlay and the OZ books. Thanks for keeping a fantasy style so vibrant and alive!
Carpe Noctum
Orchid

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:44:28 +0000

I am undone. Wow! The immensity of this is incredible and the work in progress is so gorgeous. I can hardly wait to see the finished project. As always your talent amazes me and I think it is so great that you are able to translate your unique drawings into 3 dimensional form with such faithfulness. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures, it is inspiring and intriguing.

By: Vrresto

Vrresto — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:32:23 +0000

Wow. Very jealous that Chicago is not the intended home for the fountain.

A question for Mr. Vess – I recently purchased a piece of your artwork from the Rose miniseries. I was wondering if it would be possible to have you create an authentication or dedication for it, which I would attach to the back of the frame? I would be of course willing to pay you for your time and creativity. You can contact me at Vrresto@comcast.net to discuss further, if this is a possibility.

Thanks so much. Major kudos on the fountain.

-Adam/Chicago

By: BB3NBLB

BB3NBLB — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:16:55 +0000

Charles,
My wife and I are glad to see the project coming along so quickly. The last time we visited your studio you showed us the model you had done; now seeing your vision come to life is more amazing than ever. We stopped the other night and took some photographs and just studied each of the creatures. Simply Amazing! We look forward to the unveiling of the finished piece. The twenty-first of June would be awesome (seeing as how that is my birthday!) I look forward to seeing the other pieces being added over the next few months.

Bobby and Bobbi Boyd

By: Curt Phillips

Curt Phillips — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:45:34 +0000

Hi Charles,

June 21 would be a *perfect* day for the unveiling since – as I e-mailed you earlier today – I’ll be holding a small SF conference here in Abingdon that weekend and we’ll have several additional attendees (including our guests like Ted White) here to attend. I would be delighted to arrange the conference schedual to incorporate the unveiling and will contact you later about coordinating the time for that. I took the liberty of forwarding the link for your blog to LOCUS, ANSIBLE, and several other fannish news websites and publications and pointing out the fountain project. I imagine that some of them will be very interested in covering the unveiling in some way.

I happened to see Puck a few weeks ago in front of the Barter Theater office and recognized your hand, but had no idea then that I was only seeing the beginning of a much grander work. I think this is one of the finest things to ever happen in Abingdon and I look forward to being there for the unveiling.

Best,

Curt Phillips

By: Charles Vess

Charles Vess — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:16:41 +0000

Matt,

The grand unveiling will be sometime in June. That entire month will have several Barter Theater 75th anniversary events in play. I’m, of course, angling for June 21 as midsummer would seem to be the perfect date to present this particular fountain to the world. I’ll keep you posted though.

Charles

By: Matt Dauer

Matt Dauer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:49:46 +0000

looks great…i think me and the lady will try to make back to abingdon for the unveiling…are there plans for a days worth of festivities?

By: orchard

orchard — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:19:18 +0000

Really magical, I’m really in awe of the sculptural work you’ve been doing over the last while. I wish the world had more of this.