Time lapse of last Sculpture Magic Workshop

Through the years we have had numerous requests for a video of our workshops. We strongly believed that to properly experience a workshop you needed to be there, getting your hands dirty and engaging with us one on one. That belief hasn’t changed. But thanks to our good friend JD who attended our last workshop we did capture much of it in a time lapse video. Even this is but a quick glimpse for it was only one room of the workshop and didn’t include the meals, field trips or the things that happened outside.
There is so much going on at all times. Each time a question was asked we answered it verbally and also with a quick sketch or by referral to a handy sample. Much more than techniques are shared. My goal has always been to shake up every attendee to their core, making them question why they do what they do and what they wish to do in the future. In every workshop we’ve held, we immersed everyone in our unique world, surrounded and served by our extended family and staff. And we didn’t throw our guests into the shallow end but right into the deep end of our pool. Our goal was to change lives and I believe it worked much of the time.
Was this truly the last workshop? Yup. At least in this format. I’ll of course continue to attend conferences, teach at workshops sponsored by others and do speaking engagements as requested. I’ll continue writing the blogs and magazine articles. E-books are in the works as well. This isn’t the end but merely a turning of the page to go on to the next exciting chapter.

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Spring 2016 Sculpture Magic Workshops

Dates set for Spring 2016 Sculpture Magic Workshops
My email box has been full of late with requests for the dates of the next workshop. So full in fact we’ve decided to host TWO Sculpting Magic Workshops this coming spring. After looking over our schedules we have set the dates. The first Sculpting Magic Workshop will be April 15, 16, and 17, 2016. The second Sculpting Magic Workshop is set for April 29, 30 & May 1, 2016. The response has been great already and we look forward to two high energy events. There is space still available in both workshops. For more information go to http://www.imaginationcorporation.com/sculpting-workshop/

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Sculpture Magic Workshop

The Sculpture Magic Workshop began four days after the last. This time we had four who attended the first workshop and then stayed for the second. This meant I had to keep things fresh, not repeating myself too much. Almost everyone arrived on Thursday afternoon anxious to kick things in gear and so we did just that. We managed to squeeze in more than forty hours of concentrated learning time. The projects the students did were nothing short of fantastic. We had lots of laughs from beginning to end. It all was great fun!

I can hardly wait for the next one in the fall!
-dan

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Quiet here, busy there

The last two weeks have gone by in a blur. With two different workshops in ten days we’ve put in a tremendous amount of hours, but little actual routing time. This week things will kick back into regular mode.
The Sculpting Magic Workshop was great fun. We had a great deal to accomplish in the few days we were  in the shop. We had routed sample pieces to learn the painting techniques as well as the backing plates for the dinosaur sculptures each of our guests would sculpt.
We sculpted a variety of panels in fiberglass reinforced concrete. Each student learned how to sculpt brick, rocks and smooth to knarly wood grains.
The toughest challenge of the workshop was to weld up, wire and sculpt a twisted tree. Under my watchful eye each student did a wonderful job.
Our group was small but the enthusiasm and willingness to tackle many tasks previously not thought possible made for some wonderful projects. I look forward to seeing many cool projects from each of these guys in the near future.
 -dan

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Colorful menagerie!

Once the sculpting was done it was time to start in applying the color to our beasts. Primer, base coats, blending, glazes and details. We encouraged our students to go out on a limb, try some colors they might not ordinarily use, and in the process make their dinos come to life in a multitude of ways.
Each student was given the very same assignment and routed base plaque to start with. The end result was anything but the same… in fact far from it. And they were all shades of the rainbow in color as well when they were done. 
The end result was nothing short of a whole lot of FUN! 
-dan

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