About My Work
I’ll take you through how I approached one of my large sculptures from concept to end.
The beginning was my visit to an antique/collectible dealer near Lakeville, MN where I acquired the basic parts that were my inspiration.
The pieces were a two wheel wagon frame (in some disrepair), a cowling from an old lawn/garden tractor device and a tractor seat. The items were scattered about the grounds, but as I looked around I could envision the pieces married together into a base for a sculpture.
I assembled those initial pieces with other found/acquired objects. The progression of the piece is shown in the following two photos.
I repaired the broken frame, added the seat and tractor cowling, plus added the additional “finds” such as the steering wheel, gauges, a motor, hoses, etc. The sculpture base was then complete.
The final step was to add the figure. She was cut from 3/16″ and 1/8″ steel. The edges were then ground and finished and assembled with copper wire anchored into oak pieces fabricated for hair.
