Enlargement of Tanya Ragir's "Sara" Sculpture. Santa Monica, CA

Working with Tanya to block out the torso in bead foam for a scaled x3 enlargement of her "Sara" Sculpture. 

Cutting the silhouette in bead foam with a hot wire tool.

Rough forms cut from the foam block.

Carving the enlarged foam armature pre-clay sculpting. 

Day one, first application of clay.

A couple pictures from the enlargement of Tanya Ragir's 'Doubt Kills the Warrior' torso sculpture. I was recently invited by my good friend, fellow sculptor and very talented artist to share some tricks of the trade in helping her to enlarge one of her beautiful figure sculptures. It's always an honor to be invited into another artist's studio and what a pleasure it's been to work with Tanya! Here we have the development of a 4' x 4' x 8' enlargement from her life-sized "Sara" sculpture. The armature for this piece is cut out of a foam block with a hot wire tool from hand drawn frontal and side profiles. Once the profiles are cut, we use a combination of cutting, carving and gluing to achieve a core form on which the clay sculpture can be modeled in water clay. Check in often to see the piece as it progresses!

Sculpture Enlargements for Jim Carrey. Los Angeles, CA

Sculpted replicas from Jim Carrey's original 4" x 4" x 10" and 8" x 4" x 6" models.

Blocked out foam enlargement on steel welded armature 10' x 4'.

Sculpting the martian enlargement in clay over bead foam.

Finished sculpture enlargement in clay of Jim Carrey's Martian Sculpture x10 scale.

Making the fifteen piece plaster waste mold of the 4' x 4' x 10' Sculpture to be cast in Fiberglass 

Fiberglass casting of the martian sculpture with welded steel armature.

Final painted x10 scale sculpture enlargement of Jim Carrey's martian sculpture.

Blocked out bead foam enlargement of Jim's figure sculpture with miniature model in foreground. 

Final clay approved enlargement of figure sculpture prior to molding.

Plaster waste mold of clay sculpted figure.

Final painted reproduction and enlargement of Jim Carrey's figure sculpture 8' x 4' x 6'.

Two sculpture enlargements that I was commissioned to do for Jim Carrey at Ironwood Scenic in Los Angeles. I was provided with two miniature models created by the artist and requested to create same size replica's which I would then scale ten times the size into monumental sculpture reproductions for an exhibition at the Heather James Gallery in Palm Desert, CA. The replicas were modeled in Chavant oil clay on wire armatures and then approved by the celebrity and artist. Once given the go ahead, I welded up steel armatures with support braces and gussets. I then blocked out the forms of the sculptures in bead foam and assembled them onto the armatures. The foam was carved back beyond the final sculpture surface and a skin was then modeled over the foam in EM217 water clay. Waste molds were then made in hemp re-enforced casting plaster and placed in a heated room to dry. The sculptures were cast in fiberglass with welded steel structures, assembled, body shopped and painted to match the original models provided by the artist. With a timeline of only nine weeks to produce these monumental sized sculptures we successfully completed the sculptures for the opening exhibition and delivered them to a very happy client! Thanks Jim for the opportunity to enlarge your sculptures and thanks to the team at Ironwood for all the great work!

Pumpkin Carving Fun with Heidi Klum at Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch

I was recently invited to film a fun segment demonstrating some of my pumpkin carving techniques with the beautiful and talented Heidi Klum at Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in West Hollywood where I carve pumpkins every year with patrons and their kids leading up to halloween. As you can see from the pictures, we had a lot of fun filming the segment for Heidi Klum on Aol. and carving our pumpkins together was a blast! Thanks Heidi for being a great sport! Especially when it came down to the "dirty" work of cleaning out the inside of the pumpkins. I'd also like to extend a big thank you to all that were involved: Dr. Christmas aka Bob Pranga and Debi Staron who invited me aboard, Lyra Marble the owner of Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch for hosting us and Desiree Gruber along with the Full Picture crew for putting it all together. Enjoy the segment and picture stills. 

I wish you all a very Happy Halloween!

Halloween Pumpkin Carvings

A hand full of signature hand carved pumpkins by Nick (aka Mr. Bones Carver) at Mr. Bones Pumpkin patch in West Hollywood. To see more pictures of creative carvings and sculpture work visit www.facebook.com/nickpetronzio.

Lost Wax: Female Torso Sculpture Cast in Bronze.

Female Torso sculpture cast in bronze with black patina and metal polish. 

Applying the hot black patina with a oxy settling torch.

Palette of patina's.

The sculpture freshly cleaned up out of bronze casting

Furnace (left) to heat and melt the bronze and the crucible (right) to pour the bronze.

Bronze bars that are melted down to cast the bronze torso sculpture. 

The burnout kiln which is used to fire the ceramic shell and melt out the wax (lost wax).

The torso sculpture cast in wax and ready for ceramic shell.

Female Torso by Nick Petronzio 12" x 4" x 27"

Available cast in hydro-stone, resin, bronze, aluminum and stainless steel. Exhibited and available at PLUSHHOME on Melrose Avenue.

Here we have my female torso sculpture in three stages: wax, cast in bronze and the final polished piece. Seen here, the sculpture is sectioned as a bas-relief and is fresh out of the foundry with a polished black bronze patina. This piece will be installed in a arched niche at the collectors home in Hollywood, CA. 


Inquiries can be directed to nick@nickpetronziosculpture.com

Antique Silver Textured Bench with Black Laquer.

 Antique silver textured bench.

 Sculptural texture with antique black silver patina.

 Corner detail of antiqued silver texture and black laquer finish

 Silicone mold and cast textured panel in resin.

 Fitting and installing the cast textured panel.

Antique silver and black laquer bench by Nick Petronzio 42"x 18" x 19"

Here we have a bench that I recently produced for the entrance way to a clients home. The bench is made of solid black laquered and polished maple. Set into the top of the bench is a recessed sculptural textured panel that I created and cast in resin. Once fitted and installed, I applied an antique silver coating with a black patina. It was then buffed, polished and sealed with a satin finish.