While checking out your web site last night my chair broke and whacked me in the head so hard I had to take some Advil and lay down.....maybe somebody trying to tell me something????
Anyway, welcome....love your work , I didnt get a chance to look at everything but you definitely belong here. Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing more work. Janet R.

I am so sorry, I know my work can move people in strange ways, but I never knew it could break things!!!!

Here it would be "Take two glasses of wine and a handfull of M&Ms (dark chocolate please) and all is well again. (grin)

Kevin

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Hi Bigbob

Yes this is my work. I was sitting here trying to type when my wife, who also manages my website, climbed in my lap and said "Here, it is quicker to cut and paste from the site than type it all over again" So yeah, it is me talking about myself in the third person without putting my hands on the keyboard!!???

The metal is 16ga steel. It is also hollow and at the bottom of the scupture is a 1/4 inch thick plate to hold the 6 pieces togeather. The post is 3 inch (I think) diameter 3/8 wall. To hold it all on the ground is a 20 x 20 x 1 inch plate.

I am sure the base and post weight more than the scupture itself. lol

There is no sealer on the metal so it will "mature" over time. It was patinaed using muratic acid and hydrogen peroxide.

I almost never use any drawing to work. I find my head can update alot faster than my pencil. Besides I am a terrible graphic artist.

This piece took about 3 weeks to make from start to finish. It was a learning experence for me with taking metal from one plane to another. (If you look close you see that the side becomes the front and the front twists to the side. Hence the name)

It was also the first time using a slip roller. I will post a pic of one of my newer pieces called "Mobius" that this was practice for.

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Hi R L

Thanks for the kind words. With a piece of 1 inch plate on the base it weights more than the piece itself.

I usually work by myself so I always looking at my work with an eye towards safety. I also have to be able to move it around the studio and get it to the site, normal with only my wife and myself for manpower.

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Well 1 inch plate will do it.

I understand about the manpower, I'm in the same boat. I have lots of wheeled stands, carts and jacks. They help.

Rick Sidebottom

nice work kev

Thanks,

Now that I am in the "new" studio my work has been getting bigger. I was trying to move a fountain out of the way yesterday and had to use the handtruck.

I was hoping to drop it in place with a crane, but they installed the cover over that area yesterday. Oh well,, Helloooo Dolly. LOL