Rough cut 22-25 gauge steel
I take some snips and just
grab random scrap pieces
of metal and cut them to
an assortment of shapes.
This is my palette of
steel in conjunction with
some another found objects
or remnants form other
fabrication projects.
Hammered out flat
I hammer out the steel
and make most of them
as flat as possible.
Tack welding the 3
dimensional sketch
I grab random pieces and
just start welding them.
Usually I begin with a
spine or centering object.
I normally work with a
spine like that of mammal
or animal it seems to be
the organizing framework.
Refining the edges
Encaustic burning
This is where I stop
sketching and start
refining the form. I grind/
sand, and re-weld to
finalize the form and make
it as clean as possible.
In the final stages I
burn wax into the metal
with Map Gas. Map Gas
gets much hotter than
butane. Sometimes the
art will catch on fire.
Techne`
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