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Fabricated in my MA years, this piece started an interesting puzzle for me. Built in fury after being yelled at for not being ‘professional’ enough in another piece, this is completely formed and fabricated using standard steel stock. I also experimented with the finish: heating the piece, applying WD-40, spraying with an acid (hydro-something, it’ll come back to me eventually), and repeating. My studio instructor, Hank, really liked it for the abstraction, finish, and even the spring that was formed by the bent angle iron.

The piece was entered in 2 shows, one at Art Dimensions home gallery, where it got the People’s Choice Award; and another at an Art Dimensions art walk off Washington avenue in St. Louis. For the art walk, it was in the lobby of the former Velvet. After leaving it sit past the show dates, I went back to retrieve it, and the whole club was gone–replaced with decidedly preppy urban clothing shops. I have never seen it since.