The Sharpe Blog

The Shrewsbury Bird is Finished

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:39:22 PST

Shrewsbury Bird The Shrewsbury Bird was designed specifically for them influenced by t

Shrewsbury Bird

nicholesharpe@comcast.net (Nichole Sharpe) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:58:12 PST

After almost a year of trying to secure the right stone to start the Shrewsbury Bird, commissioned August of 2010. I finally found a 600 lb bloc

Newest Bronze Sculpture to the Gallery

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:15:56 PST

The Bronze Gorilla relief is the newest addition to my

The Newest Bronze –“Meditating Woman”

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:44:55 PST

Finally the wax sculpture I started so long ago has been bronzed.

In Honor of Murka.

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:33:29 PST

For a couple of years now I have fostered four baby elephants through the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. If you don’t know about this organizat

Yard Art

nighole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:35:48 PST

I’m starting a new gallery called yard art. Some of the things in this gallery will be for sale and others will just be things I want to share with yo

West Seattle Art Walk

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:37:58 PST

I’m so pleased to be showing my sculpture at Carmilias both January and February. It is a great place to shop and it will be fun to have my work on di

The Gorilla Relief

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 3 Nov 2010 16:01:15 PST

I think my current fascination with sculpting wildlife is fueled, at least in part, by the fact that my husband and I are going to Africa in Februar

Bronze Elephant Plaque

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:28:21 PST

Catching Up

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:56:59 PST

Why is it that I spend so little time blogging about art making To catch up several things have happened over the last month or so. I w

The Elephant Relief Sculpture in Bronze

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:32:39 PST

My second Bronze Sculpture is now ready for the gallery.

First Bird brought in almost full value

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:40:10 PST

Well first bird found a new home and brought almost full value. The final bit was $2900.00. I’m thrilled, this was a super silent auction,

FINALLY BACK IN THE STUDIO

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:35:20 PST

I was back in the studio carving today. It’s been a very long time, I think since mid march. I’m not at all sure why, but I’ve been very r

First Bird is Moving On

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:28:59 PST

First Bird will soon have a new home. Today I donated and delivered “First Bird” to the Woodland Park Zoo. This sculpture will be auc

The story behind the newest sculpture -- `Renewed`

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:32 PST

I started working on this sculpture to enter it in a breast cancer awareness show, being held in Bellingham’s Blue Hoarse Gallery. However, I mo

This sculpture touched my heart in a different way.

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (nichole sharpe) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:27:49 PST

Tonight I finished a sculpture I had hoped to complete

Fall -- and I'm still able to work ouside.

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:54:14 PST

I just got in from carving stone most of the day. Wow what fun! I love the Fall, and it’s great to still be sculpting outside at the

The Bird is Complete

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:15:57 PST

As you can see the bird is finally finished. Some have said it has a Pelican quality. Perhaps so – I really don’t know. I ju

Who Knew?

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:45:45 PST

After a great deal of struggle with this most recent carve I finally realize -- it just wants to be a bird. Who knew? I keep thinking,&n

Smirk's - Featured

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:07:26 PST

Frank SmirkI made the first Smirk – Frank, in 1999. I was stuck, experiencing an artistic block. So I decided to play.

The wax experiment continues

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:23:58 PST

Still working on the wax piece it’s coming along but li

The wax experiment

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:46:15 PST

I can’t believe it's been so long since I posted anything to the blog.

Transitioning Inside

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:42:20 PST

Now that “Stillness” is finished I’ve cleaned t

Completing the Current Carve

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:59:24 PST

I’m now finishing up the most current carve, “Stillness” I have only to seal and sign the sculpture and it’s ready to show.

Introducing Jessie

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:25:26 PST

You have likely noticed my dog in some of the “Current Carve” photos. Let me formally introduce him. This is Jessie. He’s a 2&a

My First Bronze Sculpture

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:36:32 PST

This is the original stone sculpture and the bronze scu

Going Live

nichole@nicholesharpe.com (Nichole Sharpe) — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:56:45 PST

Well here I am folks finally live on line. What a process! I first started working on putting this website together over three years