RealGreenWorld is all about going green in a logical way. There are simple things that we can each do to be green. I have been creating green art for a number of years, my material is reclaimed copper which I used to get from the roofing company I worked at, since they are not going to be around much longer it looks like i will be getting my scrap from All Metals Fab in Ogden Utah.
We did this interview in Dec 2010 in a home built by Greentech Design Build. I love how this piece shows my ability to work with the architecture. this is a curved wall and the piece is curved to match the wall.
Since I talked about my goal of having the Cake Boss build me a cake that looks like weaved copper art I figured I would put in a link to his web site. I LOVE THAT SHOW!
OpusOnehundredTen has been entered into the Spring Salon I hope it gets in!
My wonderful wife pointed out some areas that would be better if they where heat treated so I figured out a way to heat only one small area after I have weaved the metal strips together. I needed to define the line of the temple so I took my wifes sage advice and colored the stainless to define the temple better.
Click on image to see more pictures of OpusOneHundredThirty Close up of the first floor before changes notice the uncolored area at the corner of the building.
Click on image to see more pictures of OpusOneHundredThirty Close up of the first floor after heat color touch up.
Click on image to see more pictures of OpusOneHundredThirty Close up of the spires before heat color touch up. Notice the large area between the two main spires. There are other areas that also got touched up in this pic but that was the biggest.
Click on image to see more pictures of OpusOneHundredThirty Close up of the spires after the heat color touch up
This idea came to me over a year ago but with the upcoming Springville Museum of Art Annual Religious Show I thought this was the perfect time to produce this piece and enter it into the juried show. I hope they like it! I feel it is a great piece showing a lot of creativity in the use of my medium and style of choice. I am sure it is the first time anyone has woven sheet metal (copper or stainless steel and especially together) to create a representation of the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. I had a lot of fun creating this piece and even did a little dance when I was far enough along to see that it was in fact going to work out. I had never woven a building before, I have done a few mountains but this was a little harder to get worked out in my mind before hand. I am really happy with how this piece turned out. Oh wait I think I have said that already. LOL
It never hurts to get more people looking at my art. I got a notice today from Google that my interview from PCTV got picked up on Metal Home Decor’s web site. I love how more and more people are picking up on what I am doing.
This piece gets highlighted in the PCTV video. Notice the shadow! This helps show how dimensional this piece is
I had another opportunity to be on PCTV last week. It was a great Birth Day present. This was a great interview with Jen. It is up beat and energetic. I think it turned out great.
My wife and I ran down to the Spring Salon Show at SMA to check out the show and get some pics of OpusEightyTwo. We got there and found that there was a line out the door of people trying to get in. I could not understand how the show could be so popular, I also noticed that everyone was dressed to the nines. I got to the door and quickly realized SMA had closed at 6:00 and well…it was after 6:00. It was someones wedding. UGH! Well what would any self respecting artist who had just driven over an hour do? Crash the party. That’s right we walked right in and crashed the party. Okay in truth we walked around the party and went to the room that had my piece hanging. It was nice cause the room was empty so we got some great pictures. Then we slipped out and went to diner with friends. It was a fun night! Hope you like the pics.
Click on image to see more pictures of OpusEightyTwo Hanging in SMA Spring Salon
Here is the official word from the SMA web site about how many entries they had and I GOT IN! “86th Annual Spring Salon results
This year, 1064 works were submitted to the Spring Salon representing an exciting range of artistic styles and media. Of those works, 215 were selected for exhibition, providing an impressive array of contemporary Utah art. The exhibit will officially open on Friday, April 23, 2010 and will be on display through July 3, 2010.”
Here are a few pictures of the piece That got accepted by the jury. You can see the announcement by clicking here.
Me with OpusEightyTwo (DNA) at the SMA getting ready for the Spring Salon
OpusEightyTwo (DNA) hanging in the Springville Art Museum before the 86th Annual Spring Salon.
