Portrait Sculpture

Blake Ketchum began sculpting portraits when she was 12 years old. She has been commissioned portraits from numerous public and private clients including the Association of Yale Alumni and Cornell University. 

If you are interested in commissioning a portrait sculpture, please contact Blake. Blake@sculpturelaboratory.com . You can also visit her portraiture website:  www.portraitbust.com or her online sculpture class at www.onlinesculpturelessons.com.

Scroll down to see select portraits.

Current Project. Mrs. Anna Johnson in progress. The towel is to keep the clay moist and will not be a part of the finished work. This is how a portrait looks after about 8 hours of sculpting: the foundation of a likeness, an established gesture, but no hair yet.

Richie .  2008.

Beekeeper. 2007.

Current Project: Ancestor: looking ahead.

Jacob. 2007.                                

Umberto. 2007.

Charlie.

Ascension.

Ezra Cornell.

Dionysos in progress for a theatrical production.

Muse of History. Temporary installation and portrait of the then-president of the Association of Yale Alumni.

Passion, Reason and Temperance from Plato's Symposium. Blake is putting together a new web resource for the portrait sculpture patron.