Content tagged with "sculptures"
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July 10, 2007
Lost and found
The body of the car Ulman titled "Gone Postal" is made from an old U.S. mailbox. Photos Justin Craig Roth. It isn't easy to take a perfectionist's approach to found-object sculpture. The first task is finding the right pieces that will help create a shell of the project, let's say a car.... Read more...
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April 10, 2007
A recycled dream
Lankford doesn't miss a detail, creating a horse complete with saddle, bit, stirrups, and horseshoes. They say that one man's junk is another man's treasure, but Eric Lankford never thought it would go this far. The 51-year-old propane manager from Dickson, Tenn., had no idea that... Read more...
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June 14, 2005
Metal on his mind
Mike Ingram spent three months detailing a replica of the Captain Morgan rum ship. "When I make something, I picture it in my mind and pick it apart," Ingram said with a gleam in his eye that makes you think he might be imagining something right then and there to sculpt. From Boredom... Read more...
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September 14, 2004
A Great Combination
Dwarfed by his largest sculpture to date, artist Gary Beals collaborated with K-zell Metals to create this piece for the University of New Mexico. The stainless steel centerpiece for a grouping of sculptures at the University of New Mexico is a first for its creators for several... Read more...
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June 12, 2003
Found art
Arnold's first job out of college was with the New Arts Foundry fabricating bronze statues. However, he quickly grew tired of following someone else's blueprints. A year later he landed a commission to design and fabricate 150 feet of ornamental iron railing for a private residence. After... Read more...
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May 29, 2003
Art From the Forge
It's been happening gradually over the past 25 years, but in the past four or five years, art from the forge is finding outlets in fine art and sculpture galleries, as public art and even jewelry. These motifs, techniques, designs, and objects are heading ironwork in new directions. Much of it... Read more...
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May 15, 2003
Riding on the cusp of something great
The sculptures' pieces seem only incidentally connected, barely touching, much less literally supporting and balancing each other. They appear more like glittering ornaments dangling from a mobile than weighty metal structures connected by fate and strong welds. Ironically, Robb said he... Read more...
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October 4, 2002
A monument(al) rememberance
Bill Capozzoli seam-welds one of the 34 abstract figures used in the memorial. He said that the curves and odd shapes were his biggest challenges.
Each stainless steel figure in the memorial represents a Delaware Co., Pa., officer who has died in the line of duty.
Not every... Read more...
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May 30, 2002
Terrorist attacks inspire Washington welder
A welding gun helped John Jackson heal after his cousin died. Now he hopes it will bring comfort to the countless people who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A welder for more than 20 years, Jackson owns and operates Jackson's Field Welding Services LLC, a steel erection... Read more...
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January 24, 2002
A dream come true
After only one lesson in oxyacetylene welding, he made his first sculpture. Rubino said he couldn't believe his cousin showed him how to use an oxyacetylene setup, and then left him to experiment—in a wooden-frame, 100-year-old house, amid wood scraps and sawdust—while he went... Read more...
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August 16, 2001
One person's trash is another person's ... seahorse?
Klennert used metal plates and horseshoes to create the body of this seahorse, a project inspired by pieces of metal he found in a barn that was burned down. He also used old belt pulleys to provide the roundness of the seahorse's body and electrical motor scrap for the end of its tail.... Read more...
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June 15, 2001
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