Ireland, 2015

ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ON STRETCHED CANVAS
RECENT WORK

PLEASE NOTE: All of JASON’s recent work is now available online through this web site. Contact Alchemy Studio, Inc. for pricing and availability- all compositions are one-off, shipped pre-paid, insured, additional information upon request.

ADDITIONAL WORK BY THE ARTIST

Ceramic Sculpture & Mixed Medium

Florida Atlantic University, at Boca Raton, was an upper division school, this meant that they only offered the last two years of a Bachelors program, and then Masters and P.hd studies. It also was on the ” quarter ” system, dividing the school year into four quarters of 12 weeks each. Jason studied ceramics, working on the wheel with a minimum 15″ tall vase, with walls less then 1/8″ as the final examination piece. He then went on to study ” Kiln Building ” where he learned how to fabricate a gas fired kiln that would reach high fire glaze temperature’s of 2000 to 2300 degrees F. The following ceramic sculptures combine both elements from the wheel and the use of slabs, a machine which was adjustable and could roll out a slab of clay 48″ long and up to 1″ in thickness. The color of the glazes are and indication of the temperature which he fired these at. JASON built his own ” beehive ” kiln which would accommodate nieces standing over 40″ high. Allow us to show you a number of examples of his ceramic sculpture collection, all of which became art gallery items.

Silver Jewelery

A man named Joseph Holland invited JASON to explore the world of silver & gold jewelry using the ” lost wax process.” What this amounted to were a series of steps: First the artist would craft the design in wax, it was then Slowly submerged in a special plaster of Paris poured into a steel pipe about 3″ tall, with both ends open. This was then placed in a small kiln and at temperature the wax would burn away, leaving a negative space within the mold. After curing, the object was placed in a centrifugal force machine and on the other end was a tray where you would carefully melt silver, or gold, when it was ready, the lever was pushed and the metal was literary thrown into the mold. If everything was not perfect, hundred, or thousands of dollars worth of silver or gold would be reduced to beads the size of molecules and scattered throughout the studio.
The art piece was then freed from the plaster, carefully, and then filled and polished until the object looked like a few we are about to show you.

Graphic art and illustration

JASON has always been a highly skilled artist with pen & ink. This method of drawing has given way to various commuter programs, but he still works with pens, India Ink and rulers. This process requires a steady hand to accomplish the drawings you are about to see.

Technical Drawings

The following represent technical drawings by JASON. He used nothing but pen & ink in his work and had never employed any CAD programs during his entire career. To appreciate this, you would have to imagine yourself with a set of rulers and French curves as they were called, and a set of ‘nibs’ or tips for a pen; somewhat of a hybrid quill. The artist, using a dropper, would fill the nib with India ink and then proceed to draw the object at hand. It was as difficult as it sounds and required many years to master. The main advantage to this type of work is JASON could draw details for things that were not loaded into a CAD program. This became his niche.  All of his drawings were “one-off”, meaning custom designs; which were appreciated by his high-end clients.  Anyone who wanted a unique design would gravitate to ALCHEMY STUDIO INC.