As folks started to collect Burgess's work, and as they began to visit him, it seems some tried to offer suggestions as to ways Burgess could make his work more permanent. He decided to apply Elmer's Glue as a "fixer" on some of the clay works, as can be noted in this great two-sided bust. Another collector had suggested to him that he start with wire armatures within the pieces - this was such an awful idea. Most all the pieces with wire inside them cracked horribly. Burgess seemed to know all the tricks for getting his works to look, feel and remain as he intended, and in my opinion, he should have been left alone to create exactly as he felt moved to do so.
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