metal_0126 :: chōchin'obake
A little experiment (and palette cleanser between larger installations) in delicacy that resulted in four paper lanterns giving their lives until I finally figured out how to get the metal frame with eyeball and split tongue of my little chōchin’obake (paper lantern ghost) into the paper lantern without causing too much damage.
metal_0046 :: caligari's lighthouse
Inspired by two of my favorite psychological horror films, 99 years apart – Robert Wiene's THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI and Robert Eggers's THE LIGHTHOUSE – and built from a never-to-run-again combine exhaust pipe (that I got to cut off in the middle of a field), lots of sheet metal, and the door to an abandoned gun safe, CALIGARI'S LIGHTHOUSE is not only the largest-scale piece I've made but a functional floor lamp (if you have a room big enough for it). A fun exploration of nightmarish German expressionism – something I'll definitely keep playing with.
metal_0043
My wife gave me a pair of old garden shears and said she wanted me to make something with them so I stared at them off and on for a few weeks until this hit me yesterday. Added the base (I’m thinking it was the top of a bit of farm machinery exhaust), designed and printed the lampshades (used magnetic USB-C bulbs for the lights – a wonderful thing for making lamps with reclaimed metal), and took a wild creative swing with the red paint. Worked out well, I think.
metal_0041
A companion piece to an end table I made awhile back. Used old barn wood for the base, a part of a jack stand, and sheet metal. The light source is a usb-c chargeable bulb that turns all sorts of pretty colors.
metal_0032
Decided to move what was the 3D-printed lampshade for metal_0030 over to this piece which itself began life as another project but metamorphosed into its current state after a scrap donation from one of K's colleagues.
metal_0030
Hybrid of scrap metal (copper pipe and an old, unusable jewelers vice) with a plastic, 3D-printed bulb / shade I designed and printed (much to my extruder’s dismay; new one arriving tomorrow), and probably-not-code-ready electrical wiring. This one was by turns fascinating, heartbreaking, fury-inducing, and, ultimately, rewarding. On to the next thing, whatever that is.
