Location: United States
A carver of Chesapeake Bay decoys for more than 20 years, Naples resident Peter Sottong has now turned his attention to creating contemporary metal clad wood sculptures. Once the design is developed for the wood core art, they are formed, fabricated and assembled. Multiple layers of ground bronze, silver, pewter, iron, brass or copper are applied. Finally, patinas and other finishes are added to create one-of-a-kind images. These fine art pieces can be used in exterior locations, i.e., lanais, boats and bath areas as well as interior walls of a home.
Peter holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Maryland and is the founder of a medical diagnostic firm in the Washington, D.C. area. He currently works part-time at the Marco Island YMCA, is married and has three sons and three grandchildren.
His work can be seen on his website: www.naplesmetalart.com
The process of creating metallic sculptures that does not involve pouring molten metal is relatively new. The techniques vary and may be referred to as “metal coating”, “bonded metal”, “cold castings” or other descriptions. These methods utilize finely ground metal powders suspended in heavy liquid resins which can be applied to the surface of sculpted images made of a variety of materials.
gold_bronzeBronze, brass, copper, iron, pewter and silver formulas are available. They are strong, long lasting and durable.
The metal coatings used by Naples Metal Art contain more metal powder than many other commercial preparations available and therefore are very hard when cured.
The NO FISHING PELICAN is 20" H x 20" W. It is completely clad in Bronze, Silver, Brass and Copper
Because it is completely encased in metal this art piece can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
The SNOWY EGRETS are completely clad in, Silver, Bronze and Brass
Because it is completely encased in metal this art piece can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
The SKIMMERS are 47" L x 7" H. They are clad in Bronze and Copper.
Because it is completely encased in metal this art piece can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
The process of creating metallic sculptures that does not involve pouring molten metal is relatively new. The techniques vary and may be referred to as “metal coating”, “bonded metal”, “cold castings” or other descriptions. These methods utilize finely ground metal powders suspended in heavy liquid resins which can be applied to the surface of sculpted images made of a variety of materials.
gold_bronzeBronze, brass, copper, iron, pewter and silver formulas are available. They are strong, long lasting and durable.
The metal coatings used by Naples Metal Art contain more metal powder than many other commercial preparations available and therefore are very hard when cured.
The POMPANO are 18" L x 21" H there are 16 + 2. They are clad in Silver and Brass.
Because it is completely encased in metal this art piece can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
The SNOOK are 22" L x 11" H. They are clad in Silver and Brass.
Because it is completely encased in metal this art piece can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
The RED SNAPPER are 31" L x 15" H. They are clad in Copper
Because it is completely encased in metal this art piece can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
This MERMAID IS 44" L x 35" H. It is sculpted from wood and assembled in a 3-D format and then clad in multiple layers of Bronze, Copper, Silver and Brass metal coating. Because it is completely encased in metal it can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business.
The MERMAID is 44" H x 35" L. It is clad in Bronze, Copper, Silver and Brass
Because this large art piece is completely encased in metal it can be placed in both interior and exterior walls in the home or business;
“No Fishing Pelican”
“STANDING SNOWY EGRETS”
“BEACH SKIMMERS”
“POMPANO”
“SNOOK”
“Red Snapper”
“Miss Mermaid”
