Art Show and much more in The Dalles

If you are in the area or up for a small drive come see Beyond Iconography at The Dalles Art Center. The show will be up for the month of June .Opening reception Thursday June 2nd 5-7 pm.

I will be enjoying the company of two very talented artists in this show, Natalie Hassell icon maker and Jerry Fenter water colorist.
In addition to the show beyond Iconography you can round out your experience with two educational presentations on iconography. The first one June 4th 2:00 pm free with Robert Carsner and Rev. John Langfeldt present a general background of icons with several examples detailing iconographical principles.
Then on June 18th 2:00pm free- take your education of iconography further with an in depth lecture by Fr. Luke Hartung. He will discuss the role of icons as portals to the spiritual realm, how icons express the Eastern understanding of light, and icons as holistic healers of creation.

 I have some interesting new pieces with some assemblage parts I have never included before.

 If you are interested in learning how to make your own Santos I will be teaching a
class June 11th . Call the center to hold your spot 541-296-4759. 

 

I have more pictures on my blog . Thanks, Tory

“Iconography and Beyond”

In the past few weeks I have been working on two new Santos for a show I will be in at The Dalles Art Center. It will run June 1^st to the 30^th with the opening reception on June 2^nd 5 to 7 pm. I will be joined by Natalie Hassell with her Icons and Jerry Fentner’s watercolors. This is a fun show  to see, I hope many of you Portlanders will come up the gorge for “Iconography and Beyond”. I will remind you again in a few weeks (thanks).

There is more on Saturday June 11^th I will be teaching a class on how to make a traditional Santos, like the one in the gown. Follow this link to the classes page to learn more  if you would like to sign up. I have a no fail technique so you are all successful in this fun class.

 This is an assemblage Santos

 notice all the different parts.

thanks, Tory
More photos and information on my blog coppercrowstudio.blogspot.com by Tory Brokenshire

Santos Sculptures by Tory Brokenshire

This is Amelia, with her wings I think she could be the patron saint of aviators.

She wears a striped scarf gently around her neck, antique text covers her arms and she stands on croquet stakes.

Her body is made out of an antique shoe stretcher with a beautiful patina as well as her wings being a bit darker.

I love her profile and cute little curves. The box she stands on is a old crank telephone box.

Close up of her hand and scarf.

Her title is " Trying to Fly" she is made from shoe stretchers and shoe forms. She leans forward a little bit as if just ready to take off. I personally think she will never get off the ground with those feet.

And finally this handsome and thoughtful fellow "Contemplating Realism".Set on the weaving shuttle are antique letter press pieces spelling out his title.

Click on the photos for a larger view.

I'm happy to say that these three Santos are for sale at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in down town Salem, Oregon.

My Personal Santos

The Santos project, a couple weeks ago some members of our group got together to make a Santos, but what turned out was a collaborative adventure.
Gaylin Lankin has been making beautiful Santos for some time and offered to share her ideas, Stephanie Brockway ran with the offer, organized us and made multiple wooden bases, Tory Brokenshire (me) developed a new Santos head and taught it to the gang. We worked at a furious rate at the 100 Monkeys Studio but were unable to complete our project. Steph went back to work and set us up for a finishing day at the beautiful Rabbit Hill Farm.

A beautiful grouping but up close they they are magnificent. Each one stands over 30" tall.

We started with the basics, wood and sand paper.

The heads are well worth the time spent, They all have their own personality.

Sharing thoughts and ideas is what makes this group of women so special. A quiet and wonderful experience happens every time we get together, each woman/artist wants the person next to them to be successful and happy with the piece they are working on, so quietly without thinking they make it happen without anyone ever knowing and they all do it.

And the details are started...

draping, pinning....

and sewing make our Santos everything we dreamed.

Most of the group with there own personal Santos, each one looks as if it has a story or thought to convey.

This is one of my Santos and on my blog you can see the others in detail as well as at Robin's blog and Paula's. If you would like to make one of your own Santos I will be teaching this workshop at Art and Soul Portland in Oct.