My Two New Art Techniques Since 1963 it was my goal to develop my own, unique technique and designing sculptures by burning out various forms of heavy steel plates up to 30 cm or 12 iches in thickness, thus avoiding working with lightweight sheeting material. Therefore, all my sculptures are quite solid and heavy in weight, often requiring cranes for transportation and positioning at exhibitions or for final mounting, like at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich (International Football Federation) where 3 of my sculptures decorate the gardens of this organization. By design, I always wanted to show rather heavy structures which in my opinion are more impressive and perform better and are also more solid and durable in comparison to the works of other artists that collect iron scrap material for creating art of all kinds. My designs and constructions represent my own ideas and inner feelings to reflect the modern times of life, today’s technologies, computer projections, open skies, showing strictly but clearly its limits, as well as its border lines. It is my strong belief that my art is also representing more value by its mere weight and top solid construction which can hardly be destroyed or devalued by vandalism or weather influence. All my castings basically consist of a wooden plate of generally 19 mm or about ¾” thickness, surrounded by a border frame to prevent the liquid resins from flowing away and out of the picture surrounds. Two component liquid polyurethane resins are then processed in a dosing, metering and mixing machine and cast onto the top of the wooden surface utilizing a flow gun. The cast resins will cure over night at room temperatures, building a bubble free surface, looking like metal enamel; as an option, they can also be influenced by chemical additives to obtain a controlled, slightly foamed or decorative surface and texture. The specially designed machine allows the selection and changing of colors during the pouring process, thus offering unique casting performance and application potentials. Decorative and special castings consist of laying precut, small wooden sections or metal pieces into the still liquid, premixed resins of multi colors, providing a three dimensional appearance. This application technique needs a fast mounting of the prepared inlays into the curing liquids in order to assure a perfect bonding to the base material. Other notable customers and collectors include: Sven Hotz, Zurich, Collector, 2 castings in resin, 5 sculptures Walter Häfner, Zurich, Collector and Owner of Amag Switzerland, 1 sculpture Zurich Insurance Company, Zurich-Seebach head office, 1 sculpture Allreal Ltd., General Contractor No.2 in Switzerland, Zurich, Zollstreet 62, 8005 Zurich, 3 sculptures, 3 castings in resin City of Horgen, Switzerland, Congress Center, 2 sculptures
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Galerie Uniplastic is presenting the art of John (Jean) Stutz 9400 Rorschach Switzerland + Pawling 12564 New York USA
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