Wow!! Who would have thought? I applied for a North Carolina Artist Support Grant in September. I’ve was notified that I received the grant to make a public art sculpture. O’boy, now what do I do? Pardon my formal dress, I was at a dinner party when I heard.
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Latest clock. A friend was cleaning out her barn and brought me a pile of rough cut lumber. There was some walnut and oak. The oak was thin, so I had to be creative with how to use it. I used it for the layered face and highlights/inlays. The walnut for the “legs” was slightly warped. Taking a lesson from Bill Gates, it became a feature not a bug.
I made this several years ago, but could not get a good picture of it to save my life. We finally moved it to out front of our house and gave her red claws. Then we got an OK picture. She is about 5′ x 3+’ x 2′. She is made of steel rebar and sheet steel with some red paint. This is my second Nasty Woman. The first one was a 90 birthday gift for my mother. Here is the old picture. It show more of her, but lacks pizazz.
This is a woven steel wall clock. It is 14″ by 14″ by 1.5″. It is made of baltic plywood, rusted steel roofing strips, and clock works. I liked the Woven Steel Grandfather Clock enough that I thought a smaller version was called for.
I made this for my mother’s 92 birthday. It sits in front of her house next to my first “Nasty Woman” sculpture. It is made rebar, sheet steel and horseshoes. It is about 5′ tall and 4′ across.
I’ve finally gotten around to rephotographing my Steel Warp & Weft Woven steel and cedar grandfather clock with the clock works installed. Now it has hands.
Here is the newest “quilt square”. It’s oak, walnut, cedar and pine. A friend dropped off a pile of rough cut walnut planks about 3 weeks ago. These in were the first hardwood pieces I have run through my surface planer. I have always loved walnut. I dyed the pine a bluish color for a change from natural. I got to try out my new doweling jig. Vey cool.
This is the fourth in the Steel Quilt Square series. Due to its construction and design, it should probably be either the first or the last in the series. Is it unassembled or disassembled? Is it Alpha or Omega? This is the sort of talk you might hear from an art critic, not the artist. Blah, blah, blah. I just thought it was interesting to see the individual elements that make up the other steel quilt squares separately but still associated to each other.
This is a continuation of the Steel Quilt Square Series. It is welded stainless steel floated in a baltic plywood frame. This is riff on the stainless steel clock that sold at the Haywood County Arts Council Artist Member Show. Stainless steel is an interesting material. It is quite hard compared to mild steel. It is harder to cut and harder to weld, but worth it. The quality of the surface is fantastic. Floating it in the plywood frame makes for a more dramatic look.
This is the next in the Steel Quilt Square series. The frame is in the Mission Style. The steel quilt square is rusted roofing with copper rivets. I increased the number of copper rivets in this one to mimic stitching. These rivets are incredibly small. The are 1/8 inch long and the shaft of the rivet is 5/64 of an inch in diameter. Like I said, way small. There is seeded glass in the bottom of the frame.
