wirewallart.com

Jazz Singer

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 02:34:45 GMT

Animated wire art

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:41:26 GMT

wire art being animated

Two Canadian Geese

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:50:23 GMT

This morning I bought ten bags of concrete mix to fill a hole in the dam that the beaver had made.I was filling the hole with the concrete, two Canadalanded on the lake and studied my actions. They came closer as I worked. 800 pounds of cement. Then some water. They watched.

Once finished I took a break on the porch. They climbed the dam and began to honk. It must have been some kind of applause.

Then, theyoff.

seated girl

Sat, 13 Aug 2016 02:25:35 GMT

Girl in the wind

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:41:35 GMT

portrait of a smoker

Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:21:07 GMT

Wire Wall Art proposal drawing

I do the art by hand

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 05:30:25 GMT

I make large metal wall murals out of heavy steel wire – also known as light metal rod – about 4 mm in diameter. People are amazed when they find out that I bend the metal by hand. I could program mycomputer to make them using water-jet technology, or use an automated wire bending machine, or a 3-D printer, but I’ve chosen to do it all by hand.

I make the art by hand because I’m lazy. Working with my hands is harder so I do less of it and theresulting murals are less complex. I’m sometimes amazed that I actually did something that interesting.

An image that took up many lines when I started flows into a few lines that are more expressive and look more like the subject I’m drawing.

Forcing myself to do more work to complete a project – working by hand – makes me use my intuition,my “System 1 thinking”, and puts me “in the flow.”

I do better work because I work by hand. Check out http://wirewallart.com/by%20hand.html for examples.

Heathrow Airport wall mural

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:31:22 GMT

Recent project of London’s Heathrow Airport showing characteristic terminal lines and control tower. I like it because it’s simple and somewhat abstract.

Final wire art differs from the proposal drawing

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:31:57 GMT

Wire Murals can differ from the original suggested drawing. After numerous communications with a customer, this drawing (top) became the final sculpture (bottom.) Not only are there shadows and subtle bends and twists in the wire, but the customer got the unified piece he requested.

Giraffe wire wall art

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 02:30:13 GMT

Just completed a wire wall art giraffe for a child's room in San Francisco