Disclosure Statement for Festival of Arts 2004
My art form can be described as FABRICATED STEEL SCULPTURE
Primarily, weldable steels are used in a combined-fashion to construct
sculptural art products. Textured metal may be welded, riveted and cut
into shapes and recombined to produce a composite image with unique
associations not present in the separate components. Materials can be
used which were previously textured by industrial processes. Sometimes
I use 'found-objects' to impart curiously identifiable contrast to the
whole sculptural identity. Natural stone or wood has been used as
found-object basis for designs.
Much of my work consists of hand-drawn graphic images that are
transferred to metallic plate to be cutout. Numerous industrial and
hand-tools are needed in the processing of steel. Oxy-acetylene welding
and cutting torch is used; electric arc welding, spot welding, electric
plasma cutting, grinding, drilling and chemical treatment of metal are
necessary tools and processes in my sculpture.
I am just beginning to use photographic processes in the creation of
some of my work. Hand drawn graphic images are directly scanned upon a
flatbed scanner to produce a digital image. I consider the flat bed
scanning to be a photographic process as 'light' is cast upon the
hand-drawn image to illuminate it for photocell digitization. The
resultant hand-drawn image is converted into a raster image file with
the use of the scanner and computer.
I convert the raster image file with the use of software into a vectorgraphic file.
Files go from scanned hand drawing -->*.bmp --> *.TIF --> *.ai
-->*.dwg -->*.dxf -->CAM output. (CAM = computer aided
machining).
I have worked with commercial machining companies to have these digital
files cut on expensive industrial process CAM machines which can
include LASER, PLASMA and WATER-JET. Once artwork is converted into the
proper digital files it can be imported into numerous industrial
processes. I always directly participate in all phases of the
manufacture of my art-work. CAM processing must be done by technicians
trained in the specific use of their machine. If they would let me run
their machine I would do it.
For further explanation see website http://rocknfish.com/Philodendron.html
John Warren
2/03/04
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