Sculptor Sam Spiczka

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The Frog in the Apple Tree

The Frog in the Apple Tree

Walking through my orchard, I noticed a most peculiar thing.  There, in a small apple tree, was a frog impaled on a short spike of a branch.  But what was a frog doing in a tree? An incredibly curious thing, I was momentarily confused as my mind tried to find an explanation.  But soon enough [...]

Seed Returns

Seed Returns

I picked Seed up the other day from the CityArt Walking Sculpture Tour in Mankato, MN.  It was on exhibit there for one year and took home Best in Show.  Nice to have it back home again. It reminds me of a short meditation I wrote a while back which I don’t believe I’ve shared [...]

Satisfaction

Satisfaction

Very little is as satisfying to me as work done well.  When things come together, when a myriad of small decisions and acts coalesce into a  greater whole, when effort has been focused into a single defining task – that is exhilarating to me. I have been known to literally sound my barbaric yawp in [...]

Why rust?

Why rust?

Rust is a degradation of material, entropy intruding in a silent but devastating manner.  Oxidation is an inevitability, something that can be held off for a time but cannot be kept forever at bay because it is an essential part of the cycle of life and death. For me, rust is a practical solution that [...]

Beginning poorly

Beginning poorly

Listening to an interview with Joel Salatin recently, he wrapped it up with some words of advice:  Your grandma used to always say, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”  But that isn’t correct.  If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly… at first.  Anything worth doing has to be started somewhere, and when [...]

Beauty in Progress

Beauty in Progress

I do not believe it is possible to predict where Beauty will reveal itself.  More importantly, I do not believe it is possible to control the revelation.  We think it can be created, but that is merely a helpful fiction that allows us to continue in our work. We become skilled, spend years refining our [...]

Art in the New Economy

Art in the New Economy

If you read one essay on the challenges of creating, selling and buying art in these difficult economic times, I suggest Art in the New Economy by Alan Bamberger.

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Sculptor Sam Spiczka

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4999 85th St. NE
Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
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