Thank you, thank you, thank you, North Carolina Arts Council and Haywood County Arts Council for awarding me one of the Artist Support Grants. It will expand my artistic reach to larger works. Two years ago a similar grant got me on the road to sculpture.
Few Americans visit art museums or galleries, even fewer own or consider buying art. They might see photos of art, but not the “real thing”. The only art most Americans interact with is public art. My project is to create a public art sculpture. The funds will be used to purchase a multi-process welder/plasma cutter, necessary electrical power upgrades, supplies and materials.
The goal of the project is to experiment with juxtaposition. I will be exploring the contrast of balance and asymmetry, by employing contrasting surfaces, reflectiveness, and textures.
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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.
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.