sculpture – Adam Kuder's eclectic blend of assemblage, found object and mixed media art

Highlights from 2022

I’m not one for making resolutions but I’ve renewed my attention to this blog for the new year, considering it’s been almost an entire year since posting anything. I figured, it’s time to catch up before we move on.

Winter in the studio

For the past six weeks I’ve been working on another large commission for Moon Rabbit Collective’s new retail space here in town

Finding renewed inspiration

October 6, 2021 On January 1, 2014, I decided to put down my paint brushes and focus solely on sculpting. I felt that as much as I wanted to paint, sculpture was more widely appreciated than two dimentional art. I believed that “people” engaged with sculpture in a more significant way than paintings, so theContinue reading “Finding renewed inspiration”

Return of the blog

September 2, 2021 So it’s been six months since I last posted. I had set aside the Cheshire cat in order to get another project done in time for an event (rescheduled twice) that I had already committed to, prior to the Covid restrictions. I’ll save that for another post. Also, in the past sixContinue reading “Return of the blog”

Creating a Custom Shifter Handle

I was recently comissioned to alter a shifter handle from the manufacturer’s logo to a personal symbol.

Summer Sculptures

Here are a couple of projects that I have been working on over the past couple of months, Both of them have an overall concept of incorporating found mechanical, or industrial looking objects and each with the intent for submission to juried publications.

Stay home, stay creative, stay positive

April 9, 2020 Here’s another finished piece, “American West.” I still have a lot more in progress but I’m discovering the challenge of not being able to run to the store and grab supplies or materials that I would prefer to use. In any event, I’m trying to work with what I have but thatContinue reading “Stay home, stay creative, stay positive”

Starting and finishing

April 3, 2020 While I currently have five ongoing pieces, I managed to finish one this morning. That gave me a reason to start another. The finished piece incoporates a couple of castings from a few years back. I was never really happy with the original sculpting, but at the time, I was eager toContinue reading “Starting and finishing”