Friday, September 9, 2011

Finished on Friday

He who must be obeyed and our esteemed COMA leader (aka Ken Munsie) invited a few of the folk who exhibited pieces in the Library weed exhibition (Maleny Image 9 - Introduced) to create new pieces for the transition of the exhibition to the Up-Front Club next Tuesday. Those with red dots got the nod. The Up-Front Club exhibition will run for 4 weeks.

So today I have been working on another piece that focuses on Ageratina riparia (also known as Mistflower and creeping crofton weed) - it is a garden escapee. The photo below shows some of the leaves and 'flowers' ready for polishing and installing on the piece.


Barry Smith © Leaves and 'flowers' in the rough
And the piece titled Introduced 2 (10x12 inches) is finished and ready for delivery to Ken. Most of the leaves are quite small - the smallest new shoots are in fact about 1cm long - bit of a challenge to create.


Barry Smith © Introduced 2 - Ageratina riparia
Couple of detailed shots.


Barry Smith © Detail Introduced 2

Barry Smith © Detail - Introduced 2
Introduced 2 better reflects the weed theme than the earlier piece in that the background metal (rusted flat galvanised sheeting) came from a roadside collection at one of the original farms in the Maleny area; and the reddish plate is painted copper and brass cut from an old weed knapsack sprayer. The 'flowers' are made from copper recycled from an old laundry copper; and the leaves from an anodised aluminium canister.

9 comments:

  1. Oh my, what you can do with recycled metal....another beautiful work!

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  2. Excellent work, congratulations on this new and beautiful work of art, I love those flowers. Saludos.

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  3. Looking good Barry... I'm struggling with my replacement work.

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  4. I love how creative you are with your art! This is wonderful.

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  5. Sculptural work looks very intriguing. Lovely leaves, these.

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  6. It is magnificent, Barry! I love it.

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  7. The wonderful things one can create with metal.

    Your work is amazing.I love the detailing.

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  8. CM, L, JM, TL, LAM, S & ML - glad you liked the recycled stuff - I must admit this piece on weeds is more metal the first one - more metal and rust and less canvass??? I am to give KM a hand to hang the exhibition in the UFC tomorrow - all the works will be on a rich dark red wall - be interesting to see how the piece works with that background. JM - talked to Noela tonight - she was still waiting for her replacement work to dry. Look forward to seeing your new masterpiece. Go well all. B

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