COASTE | ARTIST IN RESIDENCE employed etching onto building materials — novel, interesting and attractive. Ultimately, he landed an assignment and off his career took.
Over his career, Century has applied his creative talents to a variety of materials in a variety of sizes — large stone murals (10 feet by 30 feet, such as Florida Gulf Coast University), elevator
To hear Century describe the processes he uses to create his art sounds much more like science. “Basically, I’m creating a mask that protects the surface of the glass, stone or tile. It’s created photo- mechanically, utilizing an elastomeric substance affixed to the substrates. One might be liquid coated
“I had achieved probably the ultimate in an engraver’s career and I was just in my mid-20s. I knew it was my opportunity to create this as my life’s work.”
shafts, paper weights, vases, even drinking glasses. The work can be commissioned (like public art or donor walls) or self-produced (such as his line of wildlife artwork found in gift stores). His art sells for as little as $50, or up to $150,000. “I
directly, or a prefabricated stencil that can bond to a vertical surface. Essentially, it’s a transfer and the etching or engraving happens after.”
like the idea of decorating the world,” he says, “and to do that, I need to make some of it affordable for everyone to enjoy.”
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