ArtMetal Features
Volume III Issue II
http://www.artmetal.com/Features.html
In this Issue…
- Aggressive Solutions: Contemporary Works in Metal by
Susan Ewing - A Physician and the Love of Steel - a Hephaistos special
- Heat Forming Glass for Lamp Shades - Slumping Glass
- Interior Cutting Dies or Punching a Hole in a Doughnut
- SNAPSHOTs presents: The Artwork of Gerd Edinger
Aggressive Solutions: Contemporary Works in Metal
by Susan Ewing
Written by Keith Farley
Most generally, Ewing sets the stage using primary
shapes and forms, most notably circles, spheres,
lines, and triangles. Using these as vehicles by
which to convey notions of the self, she further
develops each work to confront the viewer with some
embodiment of tension–from something as simple as
the subtle suggestion of imbalance to impending
danger.
http://www.artmetal.com/village/jewelry/articles/ewing/ewing.htm
Claus-Frenz Claussen
A Physician and the Love of Steel
Pia-Maria Huber
HEPHAISTOS 3/4, 1996, pp. 12-13
Tr: Mike Spencer, mspencer@ceci.mit.edu
Synopsis:
Professor Claus-Frenz Claussen is famous for his
ground-breaking research in neuro-otology. His
second obsession after medicine is art. The
professor at the University of W=FCrzburg is a
success as a self-taught sculptor in steel.
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/News/Hephaist/frenz.htm
Heat Forming Glass for Lamp Shades - slumping glass
Gabriel Romeu shows how to make distinctive glass lamp
shades without having to go to a manufacturing facility.
You may think this is too hard to do, but if you really
want to make unique lampware, a well designed lamp shade
can make the difference between a collectable and an
ordinary lamp.
http://www.artmetal.com/village/furnitur/articles/slump/index.html
INTERIOR CUTTING DIES or
PUNCHING A HOLE IN A DOUGHNUT
Technique courtesy of Dave Shelton of Sheltech
Written by Lee Marshall
The basic process was developed in the
thirties by Douglas Aircraft for fabricating
large panels of aluminum to build the DC-3
airplane. They laid the die on the floor,
lifted the middle portion, slid a sheet of
metal into it and drove a pavement roller over
it to blank out the part! These ranged from 8
to 12 feet across.
Between Dave's and Lee's detailed explanations
and illustrations, you can now make your own
dies to cut out smaller parts without having
to use a pavement roller.
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/TOC/proces/machine/cut_die/index.h=
tm
SNAPSHOTs
The Artwork of Gerd Edinger
Site designed by Vladimir Pozek
At the heart of the artistic creation of Gerd Edinger are
two of the concepts most suggestive for the connection of
man with the world and his interpretation of existence: the
concepts of TIME and CULTURE.
Vladimir has done an outstanding job developing the site for
Edinger’s artwork. You will find that he has created several
cyber galleries using 3D effects and image link mapping to
view a large body of Edinger’s artwork.
I was astounded with the work presented and would have
really enjoyed it even more if there were text descriptions
of the artwork. But even though I was left with a desire to
learn more about the artist, I have to say that the time I
spent viewing Edinger’s artwork was extremely rewarding.
enrique - ArtMetal editor
http://www.xo-signs.de/Arbeit.htm
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