Reclaimed Copper Artist Delivers another Custom Commission Woven copper sculpture
I have completed the sculpture for Jane! This commission came from Galerie Belle Ame in Eagle Idaho. I met with Jane early in Nov at her home to check out the location she would like to have one of my sculptures. Se have a number of paintings on her walls, I feel honored to be part of such a great collection of art. As we met she showed me a few of the pieces from my ART ALL OF IT page that had caught her eye. She really liked OpusTwentyFour for a number of reasons. One of the things she liked was that it has two pieces that are connected together. Jane felt that her life had two significant parts to it that though they where separate the where connected together. I love working with clients and creating custom commissions that look deep into the desires of the customer. I also like to look at the lighting, the decor of the home and the room this piece is going to hang in.
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Opus One Hundred Thirty Two is ready for delivery
Last summer I was invloved in a fundraiser in McCall Idaho called Charlie’s Garden. I sold two pieces that night. I delivered OpusSeventyTwo to Bill and Suzanne but the piece was too wide for the location they wanted it to hang so I agreed to create a smaller version of the weaved copper sculpture. OpusOneHundredThirtyTwo is the culmination of that commision. I tried to stay true to the mountain sceen but I used my own personal input to create something that was original and not just a copy of OpusOneHundredSeventyTwo. I will be delivering this sculpture to McCall on Friday morning and hope they are as pleased with it as I am.
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Click on Image to see more pictures of OpusSeventyTwo The original piece purchased at McCall's Charlie's Garden Art show and Fund Raiser.
This is the phot that was used to create both OpusSeventyTwo and OpusOneHundredThirtyTwo
New pictures of OpusOneHundredTen, OpusOneHundredEightTeen and OpusOneHundredTwenty
I have updated the pictures for OpusOneHundredTen, OpusOneHundredEightTeen and OpusOneHundredTwenty
OpusOneHundredTen started off as just a form folded wall piece. It was a single piece of copper 120″ long and about 4″ wide. I form folded it and hung it on the wall. Karen the owner of District Gallery thought it needed more filled in spce and so I changed the piece and added a second piece of form folded copper along with a piece of weaved copper made from heat treated copper and a weathered piece of valley metal I got from a re roof project that Nielco roofing did this summer. This piece is a clear example of why I don’t give these pieces a name. I have been told that people can see everything from a bug to a Mexican lady weaving. I don’t give names because I want people to see what ever they can see this alows my investors and clients to continue the creative process after I am done.
Click on Image to see more pictures of OpusOneHundredTen This is how the piece first looked.
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OpusOnehundredEightTeen was done for the Park City Area Home builders Association Showcase of Homes. I built it to go together with OpusOneHundredTwenty along two curved walls on either side of a large window. Each piece started out as a piece of scrap copper valley metal 24″ wide. This one was 120″ long and OpusOneHundredTwenty was 40″ wide. They are only about 19″ wide now that they have been fold formed but the length stayed the same. I love how these sculptures look on the curved walls in these pictures but the curve is so slight that they look great on straight walls also.
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OpusNinetyEight is Delivered
I met with the Andersons to deliver their commission. They loved it! and I have to say it looked fantastic in their home. I really enjoy the sense of gratification I feel when I make a custom piece for a particular home and sense of taste and it works out. I am sure I will be able to post future notice about their feelings and how much they are enjoying the piece in their home. They liked it so much they invited my wife and I over for dinner (with out the 8 kids of course.
Click on image to see more pictures of OpusNinetyEight in the home of M and K Anderson (Owners of OpusNintyEight)
OpusNinetyEight is finished!
I worked late into the night last night and then got up early today to make sure I got this done so I can deliver it to M. Anderson and his wife later today. This is a fun piece I hope that they like it! My son (one of 5) said that this is his favorite. I love to hear that from him since at first he did not get my art and is regularly willing to tell me what he doesn’t like about a piece. He is my biggest critic. So far he has only said he liked OpusThirteen, OpusSixtyNine and this one.
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Trying to get a commission finished tonight
I am working up the finishing touches on the piece won by M. Anderson at the Pella Expo at Energy Solutions Arena. I am building a piece for the wall behind the dining room table. 
I had them look through the art on “Art All of It” page on my web site so I could understand what they liked and build to that taste. I received this email from them a few days later.
“Dennis I am glad you came by this afternoon. I am excited to work with you on our project. It is hard for me to describe which pieces we like the best and why but I will attempt it. I love architecture that weaves the building material through the project, one of my favorite architects is Richard Meier. I have attached one of his beach houses. I like the way the building structure weaves through the project, both on the interior and exterior. I love the simplicity and directness of his approach. We love the white museum quality of the home but both my wife and I love color. We like color to be strong but to have a more muted earth tone about it. This is what I love about Opus 11 and 2, these two pieces have similar qualities to Richard Meier work. These piece weave with a clarity of intent but the weave moves back forth with not a consistent nature, the weave will stay behind in some instance, while still expressing its presence. This is similar to the way in which the structure is hidden away with in a wall and then expressed in the interior space and then beyond in an exterior expression. I also like the quality of the curvilinear shape that is contained within one broader stoke.
Opus Forty Two – I like the simplicity of the piece.
Opus Eleven – This piece is my favorite. I like that that it is mono tone and that the tone is more a earth tone. I also like that it is not simply woven.”
Example given by M. Anderson of the Richard Meier Beach House
Example of Richard Meier Beach house provided by M. Anderson. I love that this picture also includes a Alexander Calder Mobile I love his work as much as M. Anderson loves the architecture.