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II all bewail when the feisty I wo-year-old visiting his
grandmother's shell shop was given a hloh of ( lay, to
keep Inni (illicit.**
I looked around the shop at all the dioramas full of
sea creatures and henna copying them in clay," said
I hiutte Schilz.
Now the sculpted sea life that comes from the hands
of the 20-year-old artist Ls used as a leaching looi in
museums and colleges all over the United States and in
eight other countries.
I Dunne is a native of Virginia Heat h, where his grandparents,
Zida and William Kibler. had a inuseum-like
j shell and gift shop until 1973. when lhe> moved t?t
Shallotte to huihl a house
I came with them and stayed with them till my
mother moved here soon after." Pitane said He and a
younger sister now live with their mother. I.ydine Schilz
near Ilolden Heaeh.
Although the ineliculously detilied sculptures Duane
creates came to puhlie attention only about four years
ago. he said he's loved w orking with clay since those days
as a toddler, when a doling grandmother gave him the
first raw material
She still preserves the very first piece he made for
her. a tiny mouse, sitting upright on it* haunches, its open
mouth adorned with one of Dunne's baby teeth.
Throughout all Ins years in Brunswick County
schools, at Union Primary. Shallotte Middle and West
Brunswick, the young artist pursued his hobby without
im.-Mi uviiuii ?i mnuance. u was just someuung private. I
never showed it to anyone except the family," lie said.
Then, four years ago, while the family was in
Florida. with the intention making a permanent move.
(1 rand mother asked I )uane to come hack to Sliallotte and
make animals for an exhibit she was preparing for the
Cihversily of North Carolina at Wilmington.
"1 was going to stay two weeks, then that became two
more weeks, and finally the family joined me and we just
stayed." he said with a laugh.
Thtil was the beginning of his public career as a
sculptor. Accompanying Mrs. Kibler to shell shows,
where Ins mollusks, squid, cuttlefish and snails were on
display. 1 >ua?e began getting requests fur sea life models
from scientists, professors and museum curators.
Now he has pieees in such farflung places as Chicago,
Ft. Fisher, Hong Kong and C.reece, His "Meet the
< V|ilud;*|Mxls" exhibit ;ii UNt'-W in Wilmington was used
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from Urazil bought some of his models to use in 1
teaching Also, there is a contract ponding with t
Delaware Museum b> which Dunne will re-do the ln?
Pacific inolliisks in their marine collection.
Mrs K'.hler points out Dunne's awards with grar
motherly pride He was the youngest ever to win the O.
chologist of the Year award in 1984 at the N.C. Sh
Slum , am! the DuPoM tropliy for the most outstandi
exhibit at the 19H5 shell shnw'ir. Ji.r fcvAnv.il.. n.
I his self-taught young artist ls modest and unas.su
ing, yet open and articulate about his work and his futu:
Ih' sit ill he enjoys sculpting fantasy creatures "out
my head" as much as the sea animals, which must be;
curate in every detail, based on textbook pictures, 'd
used 40 books the first time he did an octopus." his grai
mother noted.
And Ills current order for religious figures frorr.
North Carolina Christmas shop is a "breakthrough" tl
challenges and excites him. "They want statues
Joseph. Mary and Jesus that look like t
wood-carvings," lie said. His finished product fits ll
description perfectly.
But Duane has still other plans. "What I'd like to
eventually is special effects for movies." he said. 11
made overtures in Wilmington to the Del aurentis Ent
tainment (Iroup. and will visit his father in California tl
month, where he'll explore special effects jobs
Hollywood.
ideally. I want to do that kind of work part of t
year, then keep up with the scientific sculpting the rest
the tune." he said.
When he's not sculpting. Duane works at a local fi
niture store. "That's fun: I like talking to people."
said. I don't want to spend all my time sculpting a
forget how to get along with people."
But his work with clay is clearly his first love. Asi
from making sea animals for his grandmother's exhib
or fashioning figurines for a gift shop, Duane enjc
creating strictly from imagination.
"Sometimes I just sit and mess with the clay till 11
an idea." he said.
The ideas that flow through his fingers and Ui
shape and life through a lump of clay are beautiful,
tricate works of art. They seem to speak of a brn
future for this young man who has so far let his tali
flow into channels that benefit science and students
over the world.
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