| Matthew Timeless Welter is owner and founder of Timeless Sculptures, located in Nevada City, California. With over 40 years experience as a master sculptor he has created several hundred commissioned works and has trained scores of artists. |  |
Timeless Sculptures Heirlooms Made To Order and Apprentice Program Nevada City, Ca (775) 230-1718 timeless.sculptures@gmail.com |
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Timeless Sculptures offers aspiring artists a way to further develop creative, technical and manual skills while pursuing every artist’s dream – creative freedom. As entrepreneurs, we experience another type of freedom; that which comes with control of one’s own destiny. |
| Participants of both programs submit their own schedule weekly, for the following week. If you are a local interested in participating, you can call (775) 230-1718 to ask questions or set up an appointment to talk about your needs and capabilities. Long distance inquiries are addressed below. |
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After proving their acquired skills by operating their own businesses and performing a given project with due diligence, a Journeymen may one day be invited to participate as a board member on Timeless Sculptures’ board of directors. Board members can interact with the corporation in various ways, possibly earning shares of the company and collecting dividends. Such is the free-market, or entrepreneurial nature of this “cluster” of programs. This is a system which encourages pride of ownership, and therefore vigilance, both for Timeless Sculptures and for the participant’s individual ”spin-off” enterprises. |
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From modeling in wax through making the molds to beholding the casting, the thrill of discovery is inspiration for the next achievement
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| There are various ways for a participant to interact in this system, depending on many factors. For this reason, apprenticeships are structured individually for each student, based on each apprentice’s merits and needs, once coupled with those of Timeless Sculptures. Pulling from various forms of service and compensation, an appropriate procedure can be individualized in this achievement-based system. |
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The Bad News Associates may be asked to do anything from emptying the trash, to conducting a particular marketing strategy, to carving a glorious monument! No one should be above doing a “menial” job and punctuality, accountability and performance are the unifying standards in this guild-styled association. Apprentices in this system are subordinates to their teacher and both parties maintain professional roles and responsibilities. Insubordination of any type is not tolerated.
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As in the guilds of old, an effective apprenticeship program is arduous by design, with ample attrition -- so casual interest is not sufficient for success. This is a discipline which requires a burning passion, lest would-be artists soon fall to dismay. An apprenticeship can be harder then any job, but quite possibly one of the most rewarding challenges you’ll ever have. Exactly because of the structure outlined, this is a productive environment, working against a backdrop of discovery, which yields a happy studio. |
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How to Inquire Long-Distance
Apprenticeship applicants from out of the area may contact Mr. Welter by e-mail or by U.S. mail. Briefly outline your current situation, creative experience, accomplishments and goals. Talk about your past and current passion(s). Include pictures of some of your work that you are most proud of and one of yourself with the work. Also include your contact information and best time(s) to call, so that Mr. Welter can contact you personally for a preliminary interview. This will help both parties to assess whether or not it is worthwhile to proceed. If we decide to go further, Informative material may be offered or requested, as appropriate. You’ll also be given an application to fill-out and return.
At some point you may be invited to pay a brief or extended visit to Nevada City, California to participate as an assistant only. Temporary lodging facilities can be made available to out-of-town visitors and Timeless Sculptures may be able to intervene with passport assistance. At the end of your visit we can evaluate whether and how to proceed further with a continuing apprenticeship.
Good luck with your creative passions! A life in the arts is a noble and worthy calling.
Accomplishment is the ultimate high…
~ Click here to see a how a sculpture evolves! ~