Metal Sculpture

Metal will be used more often. Taylor Art House now has a MIG welder and there will be many more welded sculptural works in the future. I ran into Burning Technologies on a Pratt tour of metal shops with Mark Rudis, the welding instructor and artist several years ago. A couple of the houses and some 6 x 6 inch bases were made by them.

New sculpture for Phinney Center Gallery Painters Under Pressure show

Welded steel, recycled plywood and lumber, dowels.

Torch House 9 Columns

I asked if the machine could cut both ways, they said not to, it would blow out on one side. They told me what it would look like and I liked it, so they did it.

Steel House Three Walls

Torch cut with a 1960s electric eye wathing a line drawing while a oxy/propane cutting head cut the 3.5 x 3.5 x 4.5 inch house.