Redemption Revisited

Ah-HAH! Wayne has bought himself a house. Never mind that, he's bought himself a nice big shop! Yes, and that means ART! And that means WELDING and WOOD WORKING! And that all means...

ANOTHER SHOT AT REDEMPTION!

I am not sure how to explain the connection I feel exists between the two... perhaps it is that I feel my one great satisfaction with myself comes of the expression of my soul-ism through the working of steel and wood. Art becomes me. I hope.

No, I don't hope, I KNOW this to be true. Art becomes me. And so I must become art.

Oh, now doesn't that just sound clever as all hell!

Hmm... I hope I can get started on the redeeming pretty quick, because there is plenty of feeling like shit about myself going on. Yeah, when I don't know how else to feel, I can always feel like shit about myself. Call it my comfort zone.

No, I don't mind talking to you about it, because I know you don't give a shit. Or, and this being more significant... I know you are NOT THERE!

And I can't TYPE WORTH SHIT TONIGHT so to hell with it all.

More Saturday Metal Sculpture Action = GOOOD

Well, what can I say, in welding and metal sculpture, sometimes one is NOT enough. So I was on a roll, and I created this smaller piece for my office. I have always wanted to mix the texture of the cord, string, rope, whatever, with the strength and spirit of the steel. This is my first, very minor, attempt.

Basically, it is meant as an exercise piece, so that when I am at work and need to remind my self who I am, I can look at this and remember. Also, the mix of techniques and materials will get my creative juices going at work so I can be thinking about my next pieces. As always, I struggled with whether or not to embellish further, and whether or not to paint it. What do you think?

Saturday + Welding = GOOOOOD

Well, to the person who threw away their trampoline a few months ago: Thank you! I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it when I picked them up, but I figured there must be a sculpture in that pile of pipe somewhere. And it didn't come quickly. In fact, I almost, ALMOST, threw it all away once myself. Now I am glad I didn't.

Now the real agonizing begins. To embellish further or not? I have a tendency to want to weld this and that all over the damn thing. But I have decided to let it stay like this for a while, so I can decide if it really needs anything more. Perhaps it does, perhaps it does not. What do you think?