A Year of Reading, Book 12
Current read: “At least four thousand years ago Bronze Age metalworkers in Britain were hoarding broken axes, swords and other scraps in order to reuse later… The use of scrap metal to make sculpture is a twentieth-century development.“ ~Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal by Peter Parkinson
A Year of Reading, Book 2
“Even though I don’t seek to copy nature and much of my work is part fantasy, I feel it’s important to echo the complexities of natural forms and not to take the risk of a sculpture looking simple or clumsy in its setting.” ~Artist Blacksmith Sculpture: The Art of Natural Metalwork by David Freedman
Value
When you’re a creative type, it’s a struggle to understand value. It’s tempting to believe that because your work doesn’t reach the masses or bring in a small fortune that your efforts, the fruit of your passion, have no value. This belief is soul crushing. More than that, however, it’s detrimental to society as whole. […]