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Crescendo went through a series of thoughts and redesigns before reaching its final form. As I stated in an earlier blog, the glass pattern is a happy accident. The angled glass and sloping sides give it an Art Deco feel. The finished piece is rather heavy due to all of the glass.  It is 16” tall x 14” wide x 8” deep.

Red Oblique is my newest sculpture. It’s 12″ x 12″ x 2″. I am continuing to explore stacked glass and stacked/laminated baltic plywood. I have gone with a bolder, darker more solid color. The previous pieces have had a translucent stain like color.

Here is Crosstown, my newest stacked glass and baltic plywood Triptych sculpture.  An earlier blog shows some of the steps I went through to get to the final piece.

Designing and building sculptures is a multi step process.  First the various design ideas.  I personally like visually asymmetrically balanced sculptural designs. The final design rarely look even vaguely like the original design thoughts. Then comes the decision of what materials to use: steel, cedar, glass, baltic plywood, synthetic stone or something else. Then the technical details of how to attache the disparate materials together and how to physically balance the sculpture so that it will stand up. Then comes actually building the work.

But, one of the hardest parts is naming the piece. By the time I have finished all of the above processes, I am tempted to just number the piece and not give it a name. This, I have been told by people in the know, is not acceptable. It MUST have a unique name. So, hence Crosstown.

Enough of the serious sculpture!  Now for some Christmas presents.  I made some of these for presents last year, but forgot to take any photos.  Silly me.   I will be giving a demonstration at the Haywood County Arts Council in downtown Waynesville on Saturday, November 2, from 1-4 p.m. on how to make one.

Another stacked glass and stacked baltic plywood sculpture in progress.  I haven’t stained the wood parts yet nor glued the glass.  The glass pattern is a happy accident.  I was stacking it vertically when it tipped to the sides.

I have really liked the way that laminated baltic plywood works with stacked glass.  The lines compliment each other. This piece has both the stacked glass and laminated plywood lines running horizontally.

The first image is after I shaped the left side, but before the right side is completely shaped.

The second image is after the right side shape was finished.

This image is the first glass test.  I need to do some fine tuning to get the proportions just right.  Its not quite there yet.

My Steel Quilt Clock sold.  Thank you Haywood Arts Council.

My first try at welding stainless steel.  Just added it to the Haywood County Arts Council Members Show after Odin’s Eye sold.

Even before the opening of the Haywood County Arts Council Members Show, this piece sold.

It’s done.  Everything is connected and in place.