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texture studies and tweeking found art from the pieces in the pile.

Gene Olson - Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 8:56pm
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untitled pieceuntitled piece size 16" x 20"h (40.6 x 50.8cm)

I been working on texture studies and am finding uses for the mangled masses.

 


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Super nice metal textures

QuiQue - Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 9:13pm

Super nice metal textures Gene! How are you creating them? You're not doing all the repouse work by hand, are you?

What's the size of the piece? Looks like it has the makings of great wall art for interior designers!


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Gene, Those are pretty cool.

warren - Thursday, November 2, 2006 - 6:00pm

Gene, Those are pretty cool. So what kind of machine did you use? Home made dies?


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forming

Gene Olson - Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 2:07pm

Warren and Enrique,

The shapes are formed with hand built dies on the pullmax and then hand tuned. One can do much the same thing on an arbor press.

Gene Olson
Sculptor
Elk River, MN


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Got any pictures of the

QuiQue - Monday, November 13, 2006 - 5:56am

Got any pictures of the pullmax? It might be helpful for folks who've heard about them but never seen one...Tongue out


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