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"Gotcha" is the title of one of many of Soble's mime sculptures.

maybe there would be more of
an uproar. They don't
recognize that these children
are being deprived of the
esteem that is felt within in-
dividuals when they realize
that they can create and
develop beautiful things."
Once a painter, Soble found
himself drawn many years
ago to the challenge of
sculpture's three-dimensional
art form.
Soble the artist uses a
variety of materials in his
sculpting but is best known in
the community as a sculptor
of bronze portrait busts. Most
of his work is done by
commission.
The
large
outdoor
sculptures that Soble pro-
duces are usually cast in-
pieces, he says. "When they
come back from the foundry,
I get back arms, legs, a head,
a body . . . Then I weld them
all back together and tool
them down with high speed
grinders."
Soble finds particular
leasure in sculpting busts and
is one of the few portrait ar-
tists who works with smiles.
"Capturing a personality is
very important," he says, hav-
ing produced likenesses of
philanthropist Max Fisher,
auto dealer Mary Tamaroff
and dozens of other men and
women and young people. He
donated a bust of B'nai
David's Cantor Hyman Adler
to the Jewish Community
Center.

Soble encourages in-
dividuals to consider having
a bust sculpted, just as they
might sit for a portrait or a
photograph. The process re-
quires five or six sessions on
the part of the subject, which
includes photographs and
precise measurements.
Sculptures like his creative
mimes are "dressed" with a
patina, a coloring done
through chemicals and heat,
as opposed to a painted sur-
face. The bronze figure is
heated, the chemicals are
brushed on, and they work
themselves into the metals. "I
like the marriage of color and
bronze, and with the applica-
tion of the patina I observe
the color changing right
before my eyes."

The mime series — bronze
figures, lucite walls, rough
hewn ropes, life-sized
suspended hands — has
become quite popular. They,
too, are representative of par-
ticular themes, such as "wall-
ing up the subconscious," the
artist explains.
He's also excited about
some new outdoor sculpture
work. These 10-foot pieces of
aluminum and glass will be
unique, Soble says, in that
they will move in the breeze,
producing "a kaleidoscope of
intermingled colors.'
Soble also likes to combine
natural substances in his art
and feels wood and ivory work
particularly well together.

