Manhole Art – Bobbi Mastrangelo

Tag: Sculpture Relief

  • Poinciana Sculptors: Bobbi Mastrangelo and Eloise Ritt in Juried Exhibit at Osceola Center for the Arts Kissimmee FLorida

    The Osceola Center for the Arts presents the 2012 Annual Juried Art Show May 1 – 30, 2012 Opening reception Tuesday: May 1, 2012 from 6 – 8 PM  Free, Open to the public Osceola Center for the Arts        2411 E. Irlo Bronson Highway Kissimmee FL 34744 USA Osceola Center for the Arts…

  • The Creation of “City of Orlando,” Mastrangelo’s Sculpture Relief

    Why I created the Sculpture Relief: “City of Orlando.” download a PDF of this story Orlando Museum of Art’s First Thursday’s Competition for January 5, 2012 was entitled “Sculpture, the Ultimate Process.” Remembering the brick pavers surrounding the Orlando Museum of Art, I thought, “Why not enter the competition with a streetscape scene from the…

  • American Pride sculpture off to Attleboro Arts Museum 2011 Gala and Art Auction

    With Grate Pride, Bobbi Mastrangelo contributes her patriotic sculpture for Museum Benefit.                                                                   Attleboro Arts Museum Auction Spotlight Exhibition and on line bidding: October…

  • Bobbi Mastrangelo’s sculpture shuffled off to Buffalo

    Mastrangelo created “Buffalo H20”  expressly for the 2011 Art Auction and Gala of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo New York US.  The event culminates on Oct. 28 2011 from 6:00- 11:00 PM at Kleinhans Music Hall in the Mary Seaton Room.  This is a Creativ Black Tie Event. Tickets are available for the dinner-auction by calling 1 (716)…

  • Water: Everydrop is Precious!

    Bobbi Mastrangelo’s “Water Drops”  debut at Solivita Artisan’s  Spring 2011 Exhibit These sculpture relief works were created for The Toho Water Authority’s Water Reflections exhibit May – June 2011 in Kissimmee Florida. Each piece is actually a “take off” on a familiar water valve cover. That image was stretched and cajoled into a water drop shape.  My husband, Al helped…

  • Mastrangelo’s “Buckeye” at The Butler Institute of American Art

    June 28 – August 28, 2011 in Youngstown Ohio Bobbi Mastrangelo’s “Buckeye Water Meter” sculpture  relief will be on exhibit at The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio.  It is especially meaningful for Bobbi to be accepted in this prestigious competition, because Youngstown Ohio was her birth place.  This years’ exhibit which features works in all two…

  • The Story of The Irish Blessing Sculpture

    “Irish Blessing” (Ballinasloe Water Cover) 21 ” x 15″ X 25″ My young friend, Helen Anne Gately, gave me reference material on The Ballinasloe Water Valve Cover located on a sidewalk near her Father’s hometown in Ireland.  Not only did it feature a handsome Celtic Pattern, but it also had the Gaelic Word for Water,“Uisce.”…

  • Art off to Atlanta

      Bobbi Mastrangelo holding:  “The Street Was Paved in Gold” The relief features a water valve cover of cast paper and cheese  cloth.  The pavers are constructed from hand made paper  fitted over beveled  foam core and finished in stone textures. “When,” the relief on the wall is topped with a metallic water- meter pit cover print impression hosting an…

  • American Pride Sculpture

    The patriotic theme for National Post Card Week 2009  would be based on a new sculpture relief. After many sketches, I arrived at a satisfactory design of a patriotic manhole cover for a sidewalk scene.         Believe it or not, finishing the relief edge was very time consuming.  The top layer was of…

  • A Gift of a Rubbing

    The Gift of a Rubbing. A photo of a utility cover can be taken while standing.  But a rubbing requires kneeling, securing the paper and careful rubbing with a crayon.  Rubbing conditions may be challenging, especially when the sidewalk is nitty- gritty.  Therefore I consider a rubbing a special gift. Bruce Laird is a talented artist who…