New aluminum piece

I realized it's been a while since my last post when it was time to go pick up my alabaster piece because the 64 ARTS Exhibition had ended! That was the subject of my last post, which made me think of the maxim: Time flies like an arrow – fruit flies like a banana. Speaking of arrows, they were the subject of several pieces of mine in school - long ago - and my newest aluminum piece revisits that symbol. In the photo above, it is up on a table where the dogs couldn't knock it over while I photographed it. When finished, it'll feature a weighted base that will enable it to stand upright without visible support. It will weigh 5 lbs. or less, but the internal weight will be about 10-12 lbs., making it quite stable. This will also be painted and abraded, like my other recent metal works.

New metal piece is finished

I decided to paint the wall piece with a red oxide primer. Then, after roughing up the surface with really coarse steel wool, I applied a final coat of clear, satin-finish enamel. As I said in a previous post, this is a test piece and I used really thin-gauge aluminum, but I feel that it is a success and a good starting point for a larger piece with heavier metal. This piece, titled "Red Wall", is 12" high by 38" long and weighs just over 3 lbs. – very light, but very rigid as well.