Figurative Sculpture Workshop in San Miguel de Allende

When I signed up for the Figurative Sculpture Workshop in San Miguel de Allende, I really didn’t know what I was getting into! See previous blog post here.

San Miguel de Allende, Figurative Sculpture Workshop — My attempt at sculpting.

As I write this, I’m still a little shell-shocked – can’t believe I got to go;

I can’t believe the town of San Miguel de Allende and the Easter celebration; Two words: SIMPLY AMAZING! This is a video of the Easter Sunday Morning Celebration – blowing up Judas and various other nefarious creations.

I can’t believe I was in the company of such great artists, people, friends, mentors;

Annie

I can’t believe how much I’ve learned, felt, experienced.

It was all a bit heady – surreal – and being back in Australia makes me a bit homesick for all that culture, colour, food, laid back feel and the feeling of possibilities.

Here are a few pics to give you a taste of the town, the food, the people and the workshop:

San Miguel de Allende — Here is the sign for the street where the Barro.Co Clay Studio was located – also where we stayed in the La Cocina Cooking School!

San Miguel de Allende, La Cocina Cooking School — This was our room at the La Cocina Cooking School in San Miguel de Allende.

I really don’t know what I expected this workshop to be, but it was not a step-by-step class on how to sculpt the figure! Most of the participants had sculpted before and knew the basics. I did not…

It was more like performance art with three artists working simultaneously and individually.

The very first day about 1 hour into the workshop, we had a LIVE model arrive in a robe and a g-string! I wasn’t’ expecting that!

We had to sculpt a maquette of our model. I started on the back side of him, so the buttocks were in the right place….until I got back around (we moved in a circular fashion and sculpted what we saw from that vantage point) to his back side, it was totally in the wrong place! I thought it was hilarious, but I’m not sure anyone else did! I was in the midst of serious sculptors.

But, man o man! Can these ladies sculpt, teach, entertain, mentor and enthuse!

Lisa Clague, Cristina Cordova-Soto and Kelly Garrett Rathbone are each superstars in their own right in the world of Figurative Sculpture! They weaved their information and magic in a two and fro fashion for the group of 20 students, all the while entrancing us with their vast knowledge, talent, humor and fabulous personas!