The limit, as for how long you can work on a sculpture, is material – in this case it’ll be the condition of the base that decides. If the steel plate never came to a point where the marks and the stains were beyond covering up – sculpture would be a Sisyphean labour…

Just a little more of my work for your entertainment. All my "girls" are created from "kitchen" metal. I find raw material at local thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales. I like my work (it's not my day job) and I think I'm doing my part in keeping the landfills less filled, or to have this stuff melted down and turned into another #!%* Prius!

Metal speaks to me.

Firstly it calls to me, drawing me to it with a magnetic pull that is impossible to resist. I might be walking or driving when suddenly I know for certain that discarded and abandoned metal is nearby, waiting for me to find it. And I always do.

The sculptures now can be seen at Länsstyrelsen, Stationsgatan 5, Luleå, Sweden. Until the end of January.

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