Portland based artist Robert Jefferson Travis Pond of Steel Pond Studios uses old parts from motorcycles and other peices of scrap metal and welds them into these amazing sculptures.
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"This seemingly random assortment of metal dictates its future in a very fast and spontaneous manner. Although I control the welds, the individual objects refuse to be forced into form. The sculpture decides for itself what it will look like and when it is complete."
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Check his website: http://www.steelpond.com/
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"This seemingly random assortment of metal dictates its future in a very fast and spontaneous manner. Although I control the welds, the individual objects refuse to be forced into form. The sculpture decides for itself what it will look like and when it is complete."
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Check his website: http://www.steelpond.com/
1 comments:
One of the most satisfying contemporary metal sculpture I have ever seen.
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