Hathor
Repurposed Steel
[31 inches]
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Robots, rayguns, rocketships!
Skunkadelia
75 Bartlett Street #2
MAP # 65
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Web Site
www.skunkadelia.com
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In 1993 I picked up a TIG torch, struck an arc, and produced my first weld puddle (oddly enough it was titanium). Ever since I have been on a relentless mission to transmogrify and personify spark plugs, circuit breaker boxes, reamer blades, typewriters, and the like. I love to help the little creatures I inherently see in objects transcend their original purpose. Saw blades are reinvented into angelic wings, tin cans devolve into rose pedals, and a broken clarinet gets a second life as a pirate blunderbuss. Welding art can be so exhilarating: at times it’s intoxicating to me. No outdated or discarded mechanical devices are safe from joining the parade of fantastic creatures, mighty rayguns, and emotional robots, some of which tip the scales at over 300 pounds. When I am lucky enough to glimpse a smile from someone who first sees my work, it reminds me of the smile I get when I'm creating it. At that moment I feel a real connection through art; like I’m connected to humanity. |
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