James Messana
James Messana's work is included in many private collections throughout the world, including seventeen pieces in a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. His sculpture are unique, one of a kind pieces.
“When I started my studies in sculpture as a teenager, I was not aware of what an amazing expression of one’s thoughts and feelings art could be. My sculpture, therefore, is how I have communicated my thoughts throughout the years and my interpretations of the world around me. The interpretation takes form with suggestions of growth, evolution, change – consistently dynamic. Forms evolve from other forms, recede, are born again into something new. That is how I view the world and have attempted to show it as such.”
James Messana uses a cold cast bronze process, which is a casting method using bronze powders mixed with epoxy resin. The sculpture is first made in clay, a plaster mold (negative) is made from the clay. The bronze epoxy combination is formed in the mold and air dried. When the mold is removed, the sculpture is cleaned and finished with acids, oiled and waxed.
James Messana received a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Detroit. Although he has a strong passion for architecture, he realized his true calling was in sculpture, studying for eight years with sculptor Frank Varga Sr. James has also taught drawing and design at the School of Architecture, Lawrence Technolgical University in Southfield, Michigan and at the University of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan.
Cathedral | limestone