The Asian Welder

as i sit in my new favorite spot in my shop, sipping an espresso looking out back with the warehouse door open a glorious day of sun shining and bringing the southern exposure warmth, the caffeine kicks in and i am happy to finally feel alive in a new works! i have no title and am trying not to “think” much about it other than doing what comes naturally. for the first time in a long time i have the luxury of time to take it slowly and let the process unfold. normally i am in a time crunch and it always feels forced to meet a deadline! the only other new work i have going is a commissioned piece but again NO DEADLINE!

i’m utilizing 4 X 4 inch square posts from another project (Peace Garden for a Buddhist center here in Tucson), these are the remnants and somehow it came to me to fabricate a “journey of steel”. there are a lot of influences…i saw an intriguing lucky bamboo stalk that was the catalyst, something so organic that twists and turns made from its complete contrast~ square, cold metal. an element of nature but hardly organic by nature in its form. each natural element of earth will be present within the piece but more conceptual or imputed by mind than reality.

here is the beginning…