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Contact: Jeff Ashi Olshan
(707) 280 - 3823
ashi@jeffreeo.com
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DAWN - REMEMBERING SCOTT
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AP 1, on bronze cast bench, purchased by Ms. Terri Simon, former President of the San Francisco Art Commission. AP2 on concrete cast bench purchased by Lucas Vineyards, Lodi, CA. AP3 on wooden bench purchased by Mrs. Harris, Keywest, FL. Dawn won Award of Merit, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA 1996.
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ONE-LOVE
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A Monument to Our Humanity,
Celebrating the Worlds Loving Response
to the Tsunami Disaster of Dec. 26, 2004.
I propose the sculpting of a large monument – ten feet tall – to be sculpted in plasterline clay over mesh and fiberglass reinforced FGR-95, supported by welded steel armature. Then, to be molded and cast into bronze and or concrete copies.
The base to be a four-foot tall, flat top concrete circle, holding water on its top, so the sculpture appears to be being pulled out of the water – with hidden lights illuminating the sculpture at night. On the perimeter of this base, all around it, will be a bass relief story board, visually telling the story - in a universal language - of the Tsunami Disaster and global relief efforts; all told with hands in various configurations and poses.
I propose to sculpt this monument with the assistance of a crew of a dozen or more artistic children of divorce, and other kids at risk, so the experience of co-creating this work may enhance their lives as well – a win, win, win situation.
A twelve-inch version of ONE-LOVE was also commissioned by Habitat for Humanity, of Sonoma County, CA and used as their “HELPING HAND” trophy for their “Outstanding Volunteer Award.”
Various size and material casts of ONE-LOVE will also be sold to help raise money for Tsunami & other global relief funds. The creation of the monument could only help facilitate the fund raising efforts - by then selling small replicas of the existing global monument, ONE-LOVE - © 2005, J. A. Olshan, Sebastopol, CA
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ONE-LOVE
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Trophy for volunteers. This generic trophy, first commissioned by Habitat for Humanity, is also available to any organization that wants to acknowledge their volunteers in a very special way. Available in various sizes and materials, from inexpensive Hydrostone to everlasting bronze.
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DAWNING
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Sequential edition of Dawn, after the grief has gone, holding sad face in her hand while smiling. Won 3rd place, Boca Museum Artists’ Guild Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 2001
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Cold cast fiberglass and FGR95. Face
is the same as on the bronze.
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ENVIRONMENTAL BENCH
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Available in either steel reinforced concrete or bronze. Quantity prices available.
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REFLECTION
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Faux stone finish on light-weight fiberglass and FGR95 hollow cast. Available in any stone color, bonded bronze or bronze.
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TORSO
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Front view. Faux stone finish on fiberglass and
FGR95 cast.
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 Side view.
 Back.
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Available on real stone or other bases, in any faux stone color, bonded bronze or bronze.
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INSPIRATION
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1/3 life size bonded bronze. Was in The (Clinton) White House. - Full Description
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Model for proposed monument for the Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas. A non-political statement about mentors. Was in The (Clinton) White House 1998-2000, now in the Clinton Archives, Clinton Library, Arkansas. Inspired by historic photo.
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PROUD GRANDFATHER
- ZADY
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3/4-life size bronze.
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Back
Sculpted in one twenty five hour sitting from memory, fourteen years posthumously. It is of the artist’s grandfather –Chiam Pinochus ‘Zady’ Feldzaman, who raised Ashi. He was the man who invented the first electric key-making machine, but did not know about patents, so sold it to a lock company who then patented it. The sculpture felt so much like his grandfather, that Ashi’s grandmother cried, his mother was afraid of it, and both Ashi’s brothers insisted on having bronze copies. Done in 1974, it was Ashi’s first finished bust of dozens to follow, and still his favorite. Available in bronze and other materials, along with photos of the original key-making machine.
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JOHN ONO LENNON
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3/4 life size, 12” tall. Bonded bronze. Sculpted in Dec. 1980, the month JOL was assassinated, as a labor of love by the artist, while mourning the death of his contemporary artistic mentor. Available in all materials.
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1/2 of bust. Patina on FGR95. Wall light.
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14” tall. Functional wall sconce light. Available in all materials and colors.
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COLLABORATE
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22” long. Sketch model, seeking life size commission. Available in all materials as is or life size.
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INSIGHT
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“Look within. Then look without, without
distraction from within.” Life size illusion.
Patina on FGR95. Sculpted as a labor of gratitude and love, from photos. Special mirror back allows the illusion of two full busts seated in wall niche, when it is actually just two half heads being reflected in mirror flush to wall. This new process, discovered by Ashi, Ashi calls MIRRORAGE, (© 2004, J.A. Olshan, Sebastopol, CA.) This process is also available as a special portrait style, which Ashi is available to sculpt of any subjects. As a prtrait of tweo people, this style would make a great wedding gift for the newly wed couple.
Photo is of Jack Kornfield, model for this work and mentor of Ashi’s, the teacher of Buddhism at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA. The sculpture’s title/message reflects what Ashi perceives as the essence of what Buddhism teaches us: ‘INSIGHT – LOOK WITHIN. THEN LOOK WITHOUT, WITHOUT DISTRACTION FROM WITHIN.”
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PAPA BEAR
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15” tall. Inspired by Jerry Garcia, of The Grateful Dead Rock Band. Coincidentally, sculpted just weeks before Jerry’s death in 1995. Jerry got to see it just days before he died. Available in a limited edition of 12 bronze. Not available for commercial reproduction.
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22 RECTANGLES
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Front View
Side View
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18” high when displayed vertically, and 8” high when horizontal. Welded 1/4” steel rods. Scale model for architectural sculpture enlargement. Scale 1 inch = 1 foot. Monument to be made of hollow aluminum, wood or other solid material capable of safely sustaining the desired height.
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CHILDHOOD PAINS - DIVORCE
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Life size. Painted Hydrostone. Modeled for by Ashi’s nephew Eric Jay Stewart – age 10, this piece reflects the sadness, that both Ashi (as a child of divorce) and his nephew Eric experienced, as a result of their parents’ divorces. The six figures are about Ashi’s fading marriage, over a six-year period. The first figure was a conceptual piece, which Ashi sculpted of his wife, two-year old daughter (the binding link, as she hugs both their legs) and himself, in 1976, entitled, HUG.
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CELEBRATE
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As a labor of gratitude and love, this work reflects the teachings of one of Ashi’s mentors, Osho:
“See life as a celebration, celebrate it, …
not to look at life as a problem to be solved.”
- Osho
First sculpted with his hat on, in 1982, Ashi revised it
without the hat in 1995. Available in all materials and
with hat.
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FANTASY
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Bronze. 19” long. Worlds first anatomically correct ‘female’ mermaid. Available in all materials. Hidden draw pulls out of back, as section of the rock-like base. The white face is a close up of the Mermaid’s face, also available in fragment form as seen. FANTASY was derived from a female figure entitled, BLISS. Both versions available in various materials and different types of functional box bases.
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JEFFREY SAVAGE
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Life size clay, sculpted, for molding and casting into more permanent materials. Sculpted as a labor of gratitude and love, as a gift for the model’s mother, Karman Savage, for so lovingly babysitting for Ashi’s then two-year old daughter, Jennifer.
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