Sunday, May 16, 2010


The above photo sequence shows the process of getting a 200lb piece of limestone up onto the carving bench. This was March 31st and the weather was great, but I didn't take advantage of a beautiful April since I was busy working metal. So the stone still awaits. Since then, I've sawed off the top third of the stone since I didn't think a carved piece could survive being that thin relative to its length. I'll start on this soon.

New metal piece, May 16th



Here is a piece I finished just today, one that took about 4 times as long to finish as I expected. It is painted and then abraded, and by showing a photo of it before painting, I expect many to say, "I liked it better before the paint!". Too bad 'cause it's my piece and I wanted it painted! Seriously, the bare aluminum was not consistent with my idea for this one whose title is, "Armored Low Rhombo". It will be mounted on a 1/2" thick, small square of MDF. Dimensions: 15" x 15" x 4.5". Weight: 1lb. 11oz. I thought about hanging it on the wall, but trying that out revealed an interesting phenomenon: The shape began to lose visual volume and became an unusual perspective representation of a cube, losing much of its "object-ness". The effect was compelling, but again, not what I was interested in achieving. So, the piece will be displayed horizontally, as though hovering close to whatever horizontal surface it sits on.