Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Victorian Rustic Lantern


The Rustic look applies to metal as much as it does wood. And in describing this lantern I am inclined to move away from the Cowboy genre towards what my poet’s sense calls ‘Victorian Rustic’.

I imagine this garden beacon hanging just outside a crocheted lace-curtained window. And this window hangs on an antebellum house designed by collaboration between Woody Allen (circa Annie Hall) and Tim Burton (circa Edward Scissorhands).

And what title do we hang on the craftsman? Sculptor / welder / artist? It matters not. When Kevin works the creative process, or any of us for that matter, we transfer energy into a set of components set by choice and release a new form.

Sculpture is any 3 dimensional work of art. Art is a thought-provoking piece produced through creative activity. Work is a composition of one’s creativity and time.

Discarded but not forgotten in the realms of StickStoneSteel ~ Kevin Reclaimes ~ ~ ~

Housing the candle is a fire damaged propane tank. Balancing like a jagged halo a used ban saw blade teeters. Welded sturdy chain reach upwards reminiscent of both dungeons and ships tethers. Securing that equilibrium is a simple saw blade.

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