Both Fiona and I got to spend the afternoon in the studio as planned.
I had planned to continue the production of 10 "In the Balance" pieces - wooden cubes balanced on an edge with daily words of focus held in a vee pocket that has a metal front. I had cut and sanded the cubes Wednesday afternoon so I was ready to go with the metal work. But that was not to happen. This morning's paper had a 'lifestyle' magazine that I would usually ignore but in flicking through I spied some tube rings that that had folded edges. On entering the studio-garage I was overcome with the need to see if I could make a tube ring out of scrap.
So the ring below was made from the inner fuel tube of recycled fuel stove and a sliver of red anodised aluminium from a saucepan lid.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Formed tube brass and anodised aluminium ring |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Formed tube brass and anodised aluminium ring |
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| ©21012 Barry Smith - Recycled brass tube and anodised aluminium |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Fiona models the tube ring |
But I did manage to compete one of the ten "In the Balance" pieces.
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Balancing cubes ready for metal work |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Daily words for In the Balance |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - Small (80mm cube) In the Balance piece with words |
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| ©2012 Barry Smith - How "In the Balance" might be used |
I was pleased with the ring - it was an indulgent creative moment for myself which I got a buzz from. I think the ring form has some potential - hmm!! will fit the making of more into the flow at sometime.
But the next bit of work in the studio will need to be those balance pieces as one of our local galleries has indicated they would like to have a stash of these for their stockroom sales.
