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Tage Sprague

Sculptor | Moldmaker | Metal Caster

Contact Details

Tage Sprague

549 Sanders Rd.

Fort Plain, NY 13339

Email Address:  tagesprague@gmail.com

Career Summary/Capability Statement

I prefer to introduce myself primarily as an artist, and secondarily as an inventor/prototype designer. 

I have gained over twenty-six years of distilled education resulting from experiences in several art-related fields:  sculpture, writing/poetry, and music composition. 

I have also immersed myself in several "more technical" fields: metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electronic design, and computer programming.

Qualifications

Special Effects Make-Up Artist, Metal Finisher, Jewelry Designer, Precision Welder, Foundry Pour master, Kinetic Sculptor, Prototype Designer.

Career History/Career Profile

Sprague Studios 1997 - present

Sculptor/Prototype Designer 

Sculpted busts, robots, and kinetic sculpture for installation at galleries.  Designed camera dolly, film processor, and viewer/editor film transfer machine for niche film market.

Significant accomplishments:

AMT Foundry 2004 -- 2006

Pourmaster

Poured metal for government, aerospace, and private industry contracts.  Conducted precision welding.  Solved technical problems resulting from equipment malfunctions.

Significant accomplishments:

Career History/Career Profile contd…

Tallix 2002 -- 2004

Metal Finisher

Responsible for eliminating any elements existing in a cast version of a sculptors work that did not exist in the original prior to being cast in metal.

Significant accomplishments:  

Worked on the masterpieces of such greats as Reuben Nakian, Roy Lichtenstein, Donald De Lue, Mark Kostabi, Jeff Koons, Nancy Graves, Andre Harvey, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, and Erte

Studio 1994 -- 1998

Sculpted the prosthetic appliances seen in film, television, and stage.

Significant accomplishments:  

Professional Development

- Study of mechanical engineering, fabrication, electronic design, and computer programming

-  Bard College Art Courses (Kinetic Sculpture)

-  Micro-processor Programming languages.

Personal Accomplishments

-  Built own home and art studio out of historic barns salvaged in rural New York.

References

-  Available Upon Request.