Artist
Profile: Maxie Taylor
I have enjoyed sketching since childhood; however, I
did not have the time to pursue my art until my eldest daughter entered
high school when I took an oil painting class with a local artist. I continued
in that medium for several years until I started sketching in watercolor
as a reference: watercolor finally won over and I discontinued oil. I
have explored and enjoyed many mediums over the ensuing years, but after
seeing an exhibit of paper sculpture several years ago my heart was wNovember 29, 2011 9:09 AMnue to perfect.
At this time I am continuing to work on a variety of flowers, having made
a rocky mountain sheep and a bald eagle, with my latest piece being “Swallow
Tail Butterfly”.
MY PAPER FABRICATION TECHNIQUE
Each multi-layered cast-paper sculpture encompasses hours of research
and measurements of specimens.
After making the primary sculpture out of Sculpy clay
I make a plaster mold of each element and its background. Next I place
into a deep vat of distilled water cotton linters (these are the short
cotton fibers that are left after the cotton seed is removed and the long
fibers are spun into thread). I have a screen mold which I then dip into
the vat to collect the cotton fibers upon so that most of the moisture
can be removed before I press the now 100% acid free paper into my original
plaster mold (each piece of art can be comprised of dozens or more molds
for its various components). When removed from the mold each piece of
paper is then trimmed and attached to the background. Depending upon the
piece, some of the elements may then be painted. All works are signed,
numbered
Limited editions, with the original molds being destroyed
upon production completion.
I am mostly self-taught in this medium, having recently
taken a workshop with Janthina DuSavage in Bremerton, Washington.
Depot Art Center and Gallery
Located in the Historic Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad Depot Building
2069 West Powers Ave., Littleton, CO 80120
Phone: 303-795-0781
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm
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