Traudel Prussin • Fine Art Sculpture

I have been fascinated by sculpture for many years and have sculpted off and on for most of my adult life. In 1991, I began to study in the Bay Area.

As a classical figurative sculptor, I work to understand and express the dynamics, beauty and emotions of the human form. I studied with Anne Fisher in Orinda, Sahava Sherez and Lourdam Kimbrell at Studio One in Oakland, and Carole Tarzier in San Francisco. My studies continued with hands-on classes in “Anatomy for Artists” and “Portrait” and “Relief”, taught by Steven Perkins and Eugene Daub.

I work directly from models with different groups in the East Bay. I sculpt originally in water-based or oil-based clay (plastalina).After I am satisfied with the final form of a sculpture, I finish it in either of two ways. Clay pieces are fired and a patina is added. From a Plastalina sculpture, a rubber mold is cast, from which a Resin or Bronze sculpture is poured. A sculpture usually takes a very long time (months) from start to finish.