by rebelling the artist conforms
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| this project began with the thought that society expects artists to be on the fringe, and how the unexpected behaviours of artists have become expected. |
| these are images of me heating/cutting steel rod with an acetylene torch to bend/form the letters of my sentence |
| welding the steel words together in my wonderful vegan safety gear |
| heating steel rod with an acetylene torch to bend/form more words for my sentence |
| left: grinding down the welds above and right: sentence welded together at this point the piece became nearly impossible to balance on the table for working! |
| heating and bending the flat diagram to add dimension to the piece |
| in order for the piece to be self standing i created a three-rod twist for a center pole and fabricated a base that added a new interpretation to the piece |
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