Grovewood Gallery has Done It Again ! ! !

The team at Grovewood Gallery continues to amaze me.  I want to thank Cheri and LouAnne for the spectacular Holiday display which showcases my new Floating Sculpture series.  I like the way they incorporated my Standing Flight along with a little ceramic village.

Flight Returns Home

My singer, songwriter friend Aaron Burdett snapped this picture of Standing Flight in my studio in Rutherfordton, NC.   The sculpture had just returned home after being in the Mountain Sculptors' show at the Upstairs Gallery in Tryon, NC.

I used a 57" saw blade which I found many years ago in Brevard, NC. to create this sculpture.

A-MAZ-ING

I wanted to show you how the sawblades look before they are cut apart.

This pair will be part of a sculpture which will be installed in New Jersey later this winter.

My Process:

First I used soapstone which can be easily erased while I am creating the desired look.  Then I outline the design with a magic marker for steel which allow me to see the image as I cut it out with my plasma cutter.

When I look at them, it still amazes me how they stay together after cutting!

New Installation brings Happiness

Both the customer and The Alchemist were smiling once the sculpture was installed in their entryway. 

This is the first residential installation of a 47" Captured Flight.  Previously, one was purchased by Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital and two others are currently in sculpture exhibits; one in Boston and the other in Pennsylvania

A Leaf Grows in Asheville

The leaf I created for the Handmade Design Expo at the NC Arboretum was purchased by an art collector in Asheville.

Selective Cutting Wins One For Me and The Environment

Developers, at times, miss the mark and do not respect the quantum leap between selective vs. clear cutting. As stewards of terra firma, selective is the only way to go to minimize our impact. I transformed a 52" saw blade which I found on one of my interesting junkyard excursion into this work of art which took a ribbon.

Look What Blew into Chicago

Captured Flight landed in Elmhurst at my daughter's newly renovated home. Joyce and I were happy to see my sculpture hanging front and center in their living room. Jen, Jake and our grandchildren Hannah and Will were thrilled with our house warming gift.

Looking Sweet in Sweetwater, TN

Best wishes to Susan Morris and her knowledgeable staff on the re-opening of her expanded gallery in Sweetwater. I'm pleased have my sculpture represented by this gallery.