.jpg) "I used high-tech fires from an electronic torch and a gas jet furnace to cut and bend a common I-beam into an uplifting form that might suggest an opening zipper. Then I added hand forged steel flames, finishing them with an oxide patina because rust is the way steel slowly burns in air."Airy, dancing metal flames unzip from a strong and heavy piece of structural steel." Firefly was purchased in 2011 by the University of Indianapolis for permanent exhibition in their Campus Sculpture Walk (web link). Previous Exhibitions: • 2010 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition - Courtyard Galleries, Portsmouth, VA • Gallery in the Park - Altona, Manitoba • Sculpture Walk 2008 - Sioux Falls, SD • 2007 Annual Juried Sculpture Show - Craven Arts Council, New Bern, NC • "All About Metal" Invitational - Morgan Arts Council, Berkeley Springs WV |
