Mother and Baby Rhino
Bronze sculpture of a mother Indian rhino walking with her baby.
14" L x 8.5" W x 7.5" H
Base 10" x 12.5" x1.75"
Edition of 124
By Ranja
Baby Dragon with Crystal Ball
A relative had a crystal ball and I made this stone carving to hold it. The dragon appears to be sleeping but, we know better. I made a version in bronze available in a limited edition. Sleeping Baby Dragon
Basking Stone Frog
This carving was made from Black Alberene soapstone. Many of my stone carvings come from the shape of the piece of stone. This also was the basis for a bronze version available in a limited edition. Basking Frog
8" W x 7.5" D x 3.25" H
Clay Black Bear
By Ranja
Blind Accordion Player
The sketch for this fired clay relief was made while passing through Seattle on the way home to Alaska from one of the four summers I spent at Pond Farm Pottery School in California.
Brown Soapstone Elephant
This soapstone elephant was Ranja's first stone carving.
By Ranja
Portrait of Cooper
This portrait was made at the Dollywood crafts festival in the late 80's. The model was a cooper who was a regular craftsman at the festival.
Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait
This was first version made while doing a commissioned portrait for Triton College in Wheaton, IL while I was at the Naguib School of Sculpture in 1981. The college commissioned several students to do portraits of famous people. Wright’s signature was a red square, hence the redwood base. I made a different version that went to the college.
Modeled life-size. Finished sculpture is slightly smaller.
Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait
This was second of two versions made while doing a commissioned portrait for Triton College in Wheaton, IL while I was at the Naguib School of Sculpture in 1981. The college commissioned several students to do portraits of famous people. Wright’s signature was a red square, hence the redwood base. This was the version that went to the college.
Lifesize
Clay Grizzly Bear
By Ranja
Horse in the Wind
A horse weathering the storm. Another early carving out of brown soapstone.
By Ranja
Horse with Mountain Lion
Black soapstone carving of rearing horse and mountain lion.
About 14" H
By Ranja
Mother and Baby Indian Rhinoceros
This clay m odel of a mother Indian rhino with her baby will be available soon in bronze.
12.5" L
By Ranja
Mother and Baby Rhino
Bronze sculpture of a mother Indian rhino walking with her baby.
14" L x 8.5" W x 7.5" H
Base 10" x 12.5" x1.75"
Edition of 124
By Ranja
Mother and Baby Indian Rhinoceros
This wax model of a mother Indian rhino with her baby will be available soon in bronze.
12.5" L
By Ranja
Mountain Mason
I made this garden stone carving in 1994 as a trade to a dentist. As with many carvings, the idea came from the shape of the rough block of stone. I started the process and left the rest to the mountain mason.
Black Alberene Soapstone
36" h x 24" w x 14" d
Clay Polar Bear
Belgian Blacksmith
This portrait of a Belgian blacksmith was made while I was at the Naguib School of Sculpture. Cast iin Hydrostone and colored to depict the glow of the forge fire shining on his face.
Man with Cap
Fired clay portrait sculpture of a man with a cap made during the National Crafts Festival at Dollywood.
Clay Portrait of Lee Salisbury
The Salsbury Fine Arts Theatre was named for Lee. This portrait was made in the early 80's and is displayed outside the theatre at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Reawakening the Muse
Sometimes the inner fires dwindle and we are out of touch with our creative genius. This small bronze sculpture can remind us of the inspiration lurking within.
Bronze with alabaster
5.75" H x 2.75" W x 1" D
Edition of 120
Stone Portrait
In 1991 I was asked to carve a stone portrait of the owner of a Kentucky coal mine. He came to North Carolina and I made a clay sketch from life and took photographs to work from. It is carved life-sized in Black Alberene soapstone from Schuyler, VA.
Below are photos of the carving process.
The Three Bears
Zebra Mother and Baby
This soapsone carving of a mother and baby zebra is carved from black and white, naturally striped soapstone from Noth Carolina.
By Ranja
Newborn
This stone sketch of a family with their newborn child was carved from Virginia soapstone while we were living in Tennessee. We were happy to be able to trade it for our first born. : )
Newborn
This stone sketch of a family with their newborn child was carved from Virginia soapstone while we were living in Tennessee. We were happy to be able to trade it for our first born. : )
Alligator in Swamp
This Black Alberene soapstone carving of an alligator was a commission for the University of Florida I made in 1998.
I had a slab of a cypress tree that was perfect for the base. The holes were filled with black expansion cement giving the feeling of bubbles in a murky swamp. I felt like mounting it on the wall as the effect would have been an underwater view of the alligator swimming towards you. It was very heavy and ended up as a table top piece. It was stolen not long after it was delivered to the school.
Ages had gone by
This stone carving started as many do with an idea coming from the natural shape of the block of stone. The story which is carved around the base developed as the carving took shape.
The text reads: Ages had gone by, a pale moon cast craggy shadows. Mother held the broken shell in wonder. Baby, who had never seen a dragon before, peered cautiously from behind a rock.
