Charles Albert Adams Bronze Bust, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California Masons in 1920
"Thank you Paula. These are really nice photos of the completed bronze. Allan and the leadership are all really pleased with the finished work. I’m looking forward to bringing it back here later this week.
It was a real pleasure to attend the patina process – really fascinating to watch the transformation and see the bust come to life.
Thank you again for your great work on this project. It has been lovely working with you and of course if you’d like a testimonial from us at any point we would be happy to provide."
Warm regards,
Julia
~ Julia Gordon
Executive Assistant to Grand Secretary & for Board Governance
Masons of California
"Hi Paula:
Allan is very pleased with the bust and we look forward to seeing the final on Friday 27th!
I hope you will find some time to celebrate the Holidays too!"
Kind regards,
Julia
~ Julia Gordon
Executive Assistant to Grand Secretary & for Board Governance
Masons of California
San Francisco, California
A commission to sculpt the Charles Albert Adams Bust was awarded to Paula Slater from the Freemason Masonic Order. Charles Adams was a past Grand Master, however they could only find one photo of him (a profile) so Slater did her best in sculpting his likeness and filling in the blanks of what he must have looked like face forward and in the round. They were thrilled with what was achieved using just the one profile photo for reference.
Charles Adams was a San Francisco attorney, who was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California Masons in 1920. Concerned about the crisis in California’s education system following the first world war, he founded Public Schools week to promote masonic support for education. A successful initiative which has resulted on over $30 million contributed by California masons to public education. Next year marks the 100th anniversary of Public Schools week, and the fraternity wished to commemorate Mr. Adams with a bronze portrait bust.
When the bust is cast in bronze it will be displayed in their beautiful new masonic lodge room, Freemason’s Hall, located at the Masonic Memorial Temple in San Francisco
(The in-progress profile photo: This is a rough in-progress photo of the bust as Slater had just began sculpting the general proportions of his profile. She then flipped the photo and worked on the opposite side of his face, and from there Paula could see how the front of his face was starting to take form.)
