EVERETT COX | STUDIO RR 8

Sculpture

In 2008, work began—literally from the ground up—on Everett's studio space at Lowe Mill A&E. The Railroad Room 8 was rotten and collapsing, so it was bulldozed and rebuilt. He was granted occupancy in 2009 and have been working in and on that studio ever since. In a sense, the studio itself is a work in progress.

Everett sculpts figures in clay and cast them in bronze. Casting metal makes a clay sculpture permanent. A mold is made of the original, then a wax copy is created and encased in a refractory mold. Baked at over 1000°, the wax burns away, leaving a cavity for molten metal. It’s a hot, nasty job, but if you love fire like Everett does, nothing beats casting metal.

"Both my grandmother and mother painted when I was very young. That must have something to do with me being an artist. I don’t recall seeing them paint but I remember turpentine and varnish being out ready to use. Music was my dad’s muse, though his career was as an engineer. I watched and later helped my dad build things so perhaps that’s why I gravitated towards sculpture." - Everett Cox