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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, September 6, 1995 15 o Gaisti paper stow itdow opeun JJm byVlckl Feldt Staff Writer Blaine Pierce has found many ways to bring beauty to Vernal, and starting this week at the Western Park Museum, he will be displaying original hand-cast paper creations for public viewing. Pierce will show 18-20 molds of hand-cast and beaded paper which will be displayed through September. Paper casting is hundreds of years old and originated from an art form in Asia. Six years ago, Pierce became be-came interested in the possibilities of this media, but was continually frustrated to find no one wanted to share their expertise. Pierce, who teaches second grade at Davis, and has degrees in Education and Fine Arts from Utah State University, allowed al-lowed himself the errors and pitfalls of creation and discovered secrets of his own. After years of experimenting, experi-menting, he had learned to reproduce repro-duce this delicate art form and began be-gan working on his current exhibit shortly after Christmas of last year. Starting with a slab of plaster and using micro-fine tools, he carves the casting molds from images' in his mind. "A person has to understand under-stand dimension to achieve realism from a mold," said Pierce. "Many times I would be too involved to see the picture on the plaster slab and I would have to leave it a day or two. Then I could come back to the mold and see the entire scene as if the mold had taken on characteristics of its own." A relief mold, a negative of the positive mold, is necessary to cast the paper. Pottery tools are not strong enough to achieve the sharp lines and clarity Pierce requires. He found using dental tools worked best for long hours of carving. "The trick is making clean negative molds," Pierce exclaims. Most papers are made of natural fibers and much of the pulp Pierce uses is make of 100 percent cotton Tappen Brown wins Rising Star horse show winners announced At the Rising Star Riders Charity Horse Show Aug. 26 at the Western Park, Tappan Brown rode Ruff'n Rowdy to become high point winner win-ner over all and his name will be added to the Traveling Trophy. Brown, age 8, is the son of AJ and Wann Brown of Jensen. He is a second sec-ond grader at Davis Elementary School. He is a good student and an avid athlete, and his favorite sports are team roping and ice hockey. In the men's division of the horse show events, J Brewer took first, Barney Bonner with second, Kent Morris, third, Al Brown, fourth, and Tony George in fifth place. Cindy Merrill placed first in the women's division, with Elsie Brewer in second, Fran Lewis, third, Wanda Murray, fourth, and Heather Hobbs placed fifth. In the Baby Boomer division, Jacque Hobbs took first, Tammy Carroll, second, Ginger Borges, fourth, and Kathy Brewer in fifth place. i9 J. 3rewer presents the traveling trophy to this year's high point rider, Tappan Brown with his partner Ruff'n Rowdy. Together, the pair took five firsts and one second in last week's show. linter. The natural colored marble look pieces are a mix of linter and newspaper pulp. Pierce also adds to the texture of the pulp by adding chopped up leaves, herbs, plants, or threads. As a result of this process to discover workable texture, he has found several natural plants in Utah which have their own pigment for dyeing the pulp. Pierce has discovered over the years that a bleed-dye method works best as the color rises to the top of the paper. This is also effective effec-tive in attempting to reproduce a . color tint. Colors in his collection include natural, cottonwood and berry browns, terra cotta, and wedg-wood wedg-wood greens. Pierce will eventually work on casting out of plaster instead in-stead of paper. The dyeing method is similar to the method with pulp, but the plaster allows for greater texture with colored sands and glass, along with more variety of creative usage with the plaster castings. cast-ings. The cellulose fiber of the paper requires several hours of beating and boiling to reach the desired consistency for casting. Strong arms are needed to towel press the water from the pulp. Pierce found that newspaper pulp is much easier to work with than the thick cotton linter. lin-ter. After casting, the pulp takes from 30-76 hours to dry, with some of his larger pieces taking up to four days to dry after the dyeing process. It is not uncommon for a single casting to take a week to be ready to harden or bead. Pierce adds an intricate touch to many of his pieces by adding an Indian bead work technique that he learned from a Cree Indian woman while on a mission in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. The beads used in Pierce's art are ordered special from the Chech Republic, which have consistent form and quality and hard to find sterling silver. After the bead work is added to the paper cast, a hardening harden-ing agent is applied, completing the Ages 12-15 division found Jared Searle in first place, with Lori Crowther in second, Brindi Merrill, third, Cody George, fourth, and Jessica Strough in fifth place. Ages 9-11 division, Junior Bonner took first, Teal Brown, second, Tiffany Lance, third, Joriel Horrocks, fourth, and a tie for fifth place between Hillary Searle and Tony Moore. Ages 8 and under, saw Tappan Brown ride to first place, with Chance Bonner, second and Katie George in third place. Dry Fork Tack, Intermountain Farmers, and Circle R assisted Rising Star Riders in obtaining ' placing awards for the past summer. Rising Stars estimates $200 in profit to donate to a local charity which is not yet determined. This charity show is an annual event and the traveling trophy is on display at a place of prominence in Vernal. Blaine Pierce uses dental tools plaster moldings. 'The trick is exclaims Pierce. "It has been very good for the family fami-ly to give the boys a slab of plaster and let them participate," said Pierce. His 12-year-old son, Matthew, is becoming proficient at Indian beading and will also have an entry in the show. "Beading is great for children to improve their lengthy process to produce this delicate deli-cate and original work of art. Pierce and his wife, Jane, have six boys who are also budding artists. Musical recalls life off early settler "Polly," a musical based on the life of Polly Matilda Merrill Colton will be preformed during Regional Women's Conference at the Middle School Auditorium Saturday, Sept. 9 starting at 9 a.m Written by Steven Kapp Perry, a great, great, great, grandson, and starring his wife, Johanne Fitchette Perry, the story traces Polly's life from her teenage years in Michigan, through her marriage to Philander Colton, and her journey that eventually eventu-ally brought her to Ashley Valley. Philander Colton was born in New York on Oct. 19, 1811, and Polly M. Colton, was born in the same state on Oct. 15, 1816. The story of their love for each other has survived sur-vived the years and has been an inspiration in-spiration to hundreds of persons throughout Utah. Philander and Polly were married in July of 1833, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints early in their marriage. Philander earned his ;.--iJ A " - ' ' ' i ' ' ' ' . to sharpen and define images in making clean negative molds," hand and eye coordination," said Pierce. Pierce will hang his art free of charge for any group or school interested in-terested in exhibiting his hand cast paper. There will be a showing at Davis Elementary celebrating fall harvest later in October. An open house for Pierce will be held Friday, Sept. 15 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Museum. The Uintah Arts Council is sponsoring the event. way as a brick maker through Iowa and California, where he laid up and burned the first kiln of brick made in the state, and then to Provo. He and Polly stayed in Provo until 1887, when they moved to Ashley Valley where four of their sons were living at the time. Some of the area descendants of Philander and Polly are, Mary Nielson, a descendant of Harriett Emily Colton who is the "Emily" mentioned in the play "Polly." Emily was the second child born of Philander and Polly. Byron Colton, is a descendent of the seventh child, Byron Oliver Colton. Clara Hall, Betty Meacham, Maughn Colton descended from the eighth child, Sterling Driggs Colton. Carma Bascom, Darrell Colton, Julie Massey, Tamara Acosta, and Janet Sunkees are from Philander and Polly's tenth child, John Adalbert Colton. Philander and Polly had eleven children. The house that Philander and Polly's children built for them in the Maeser Ward was just north of the Cloid Harrison home on 2131 North 2500 West. Also, the bricks in the Harrison home were originally from Philander and Polly's home. To quote from Charles Colton's recollections of his grandfather, Philander, "Polly and Philander lived in that home for six years as invalids. Early in the year 1891, Polly became bedfast and she lay all summer suffering from the heat. At last, on Aug. 13, 1991, she passed away. When grandfather was told she was dying, he quickly replied, "No, she won't leave me. When we were married she promised to stay with me and she has never broken a promise yet." When he was told that she had finally died, he said, "Don't bury her until I' die. When you hear that loud clap of thunder, I'll pass away also." The morning of Aug. 15, dawned bright and clear, and during the day, out of an almost i 4:.i Choosing the cut and color of castings is an important detail attention. i n ' " '.';-.-.f..... PfeeMi6ftjSMiw "A person has to understand dimension to achieve realism from a mold," says Pierce. ! . . .. ' t, vv " Clara Hall visits the gravesite at the Maeser cemetary where her great-grandparents, Philander and Polly Colton, are laid to rest. cloudless sky, a very sharp crack of thunder was heard. And soon Philander closed his eyes in death. "In life they stayed together and in death they were not separated." Both were interred in the same grave in the Maeser cemetery near Vernal. Mts 1 '"""'""''I' . ' S f'.W L the mat board to compliment his which Blaine Pierce gives special A. , Clara Hall recalls her father often relating the above story. Clara says the original marker shows two pair of hands clasped and the words, "In life we loved, in death we were not separated." The original marker broke in two and Hugh Colton had it set in cement flat on the ground. - |