error , Fredrick Hart created the first figurative Lucite

sculpture.

His journey led him to the engineering of a mold and

casting formula he could use to pour Lucite; this allowed him

to produce effects in sculpture not possible before with

stone or bronze. More importantly Fredrick Hart

developed a technique for using very fine high-

definition molds in single castings. Now, instead of

having to cast pieces separately, you could cast the

entire sculpture in a single pouring. It will take another

thirty-years before the art world fully realizes the massive

changes effected by this one development.

The acrylic sculpture we see today would not exist if

it had not been for Fredrick Hart.  He discovered and

pioneered the world of Lucite sculptures while carrying the

art form on his back. The critics of Fredrick Hart and acrylic

as a fine art media were silenced when, The Hermitage

Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia welcomed into its

permanent collection, `Daughters of Odessa Songs of Grace.'

Fredrick Hart's Lucite sculpture became the first

figurative sculpture ever created by an American to

be embraced into a permanent home by a Russian

M u s e u m . Never again has acrylic sculpture been

challenged or criticized as a fine art media.

Today there are two types of acrylic sculpture. The

first type is called leafed in or leafed out. This sculpture

will have etchings or sand blasted areas, which give contrast

and relief against the clearer areas of the sculpture. The

etched or sandblasted area tends to be of a frosty nature

and depending on the artist's choice you will see the main

image in the clear or frosted portion.

The second type of acrylic sculpture is called

Embedment. Embedments come with no etched or sanded