Show prep: Blue Arrow/Black Mountains

Over the weekend, I finished up some details on a few pieces I will be putting in our exhibition, opening this friday. The "Blue Arrow" piece now has a black permanent base, and the "Black Mountains" piece does as well. The latter is suspended a short distance above the base on three anodized aluminum rods, giving it a floating look. It is the prototype for all subsequent painted metal pieces. I have two more works to finish and then I start packing it up!

Silver Wall Wall joins the ranks of the finished

This is a big step toward having everything ready for our show opening on the 19th of this month. I was able to dedicate much of this weekend to the task and I finished it about 1/2 hr. ago. The final large goal is to finish the last limestone piece in time. I have a feeling I'm going to have to ask the gallery folks to reserve a pedestal for it and deliver it on the day of the opening, giving me a few extra days to complete it. In addition, I've got 3 or 4 more pieces that are going to require a bit of work to make them presentable, but that seems less daunting. The dimensions of the silver wall piece are: 7ft. 3" high x 19" wide x 14" deep. Each section is 2" thick and the piece weighs an estimated 5-10 lbs. It is made of galvanized steel held together with around 200 steel screws with washers.

Solid Geometry #5 is done

This stone is now finished and ready for our show opening in a bit more than two weeks. I had put off working on it as long as I dared, needing to spend the studio time on metal pieces. Last week I decided it was time to finish it and that took about 6 hours.
I've named this one S.G. #5-Five Rhombohedrons in order to avoid confusion in the title even though S.G. #4 is still not finished.
Confusing, huh? This is one of the last limestone pieces I'll be doing for a while since my interest in alabaster is growing stronger.