- Gary Siegel and his fellow artisans take a sculpture on a cathartic journey from rubber, to wax, to ceramic, to bronze at Baltimore’s New Arts Foundry
- An update from correspondent Gabe Wardell in Utah on how some Maryland filmmakers are faring at this year’s Sundance Film Festival
- A visit to the home studio of one of America’s leading contemporary painters, Raoul Middleman
- Theatre critic Martha Thomas reviews The Mobtown Players‘ production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- And museum curator Catherine Rogers Arthur shows off some very retro fashion items at one of the city’s hidden historical treasure troves, Homewood House Museum
Matt Gimmel and Adam Fox work in the wax casting room at New Arts Foundry
Naomi Jamison details a casting in the wax touch-up area at New Arts Foundry
Van Carney calls himself a ‘wax plumber.’ He applies an exoskeleton of sprews and gates to the wax castings at New Arts Foundry
Blake Conroy works in ‘the shell room’ at New Arts Foundry, building up ceramic shells around the wax castings to prepare them for firing in an 1800-degree kiln
Clarence Manns and a coworker wear kevlar gloves and aluminized suits to protect them from the extreme heat of liquid metals at New Arts Foundry. They’re pouring sand to stabilize the 1800-degree ceramic shells