The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #142985   Message #3298375
Posted By: Bobert
29-Jan-12 - 07:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gotta a Big Surprise for the P-Vine...NOT!
Subject: RE: BS: Gotta a Big Surprise for the P-Vine...
First of all, ain't me that needs the help, GFinS... It' the Ol'ster... Me??? "I'm young and able to buzz all night long so if ya hear me buzzin', baby,,, There;s some stingin' going on"...

Okay, Eb... this sculpture ain't all easy to describe... Lets' first say that I guess it would fall into the "post-industrial decay" style... I made it from two 400 pound metal "screens" that came out of 100 ton mulching machine Each piece has hundreds of oblong holes in it in a pattern and the, is curved and and would be like you cut the side out of about 1/8th of a cylinder each about 6 feet X 4 feet... I cut up beer cans to make the mock up so I knew how these two piece could intersect, be cut and welded... The first was set in a 4 foot deep hole with about 18 inches showing the way as I designed it and then concrete poured into the hole... The second was lowered over the first with my tractor bucket while the cuts were slowly made for the two to intersect and then welded together... That's the piece and it looks purdy decent...

Guess my second degree (in art) wasn't a complete waste of time as I buddied up with the Joe Siepel, the head of the sculpture department and actually learned some stuff???

B~