My earlier years as an artist were devoted to pencil drawings that were mostly made by copying from photographs. Subsequently, I moved on the life drawing which was a helpful prelude to my work in sculpture. I initally carved wooden animal figures that might be termed "zoomorphs", often with a humorous twist and in a folk-art stye. During the last 10 years, I have worked in ceramics, using clay to make macquettes for stone carvings. My process of stone carving is somewhat classical in that I begin with a drawing then develop it into small wax forms and finalize it with progressively larger ceramic models. The final clay models may be up to two-feet high; close to the actual size of the stone. The sculpture link has pictures of some of my stone pieces and a slide show of my sculptural work process.

Charlie Williams
willicx@peds.ufl.edu
January, 2009

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