| Frugalista is about 36" wide and 13" tall. The wire is fence wire and the letters were cut from a drawer bottom. Furgalista is the word-of-the-year choice by the New York Times. |  |
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Johanna is about 29" square. The wire is fence & hanger wire and the face is made from copper clad circuit board. The original, long-necked lady was a Dominicis work but the woman had no face other than a lip... I conjured up the rest of the face... some extensive shading and some hair were needed... . |
| bradpitt is about 23 " by 20 " and is made from a microwave oven case. The wire was from a yard sign. The photo used to make the cut pattern for this piece was taken by Chuck Close & appeared in W magazine, Feb '09 |  |
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Columns is about 23" by 20" and is made from hanger wire and scrap wood. The image, to the left, is a posterized image of the actual piece. To see how I went from photograph to final product, click on this sentence. |
Sno-Cones is about 23" by 21" and is made from hanger wire, scrap leather, scrap metal and wood, |
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OMG is 14" by 24" and is made from #9 fence wire and a wood panel I scrounged out at a dump. |
| Maria Elena is 19" by 22" & is made from the sheet metal of a door from a wrecked pickup truck. The backing is a sycamore wood mirror back that was scrounged from a local yard waste site. Maria Elena is a character played by Penelope Cruz in a recent Woody Allen movie. |  |
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Consistent is 15" by 38" & is made from hanger and fence wire, cardboard from a coke case and scrap wood. The piece has that groungy look of some contemporary art objects.. |
| Door is made from a door mechanism we got from Habitat for Humanity off the free table. The marble base was cut & polished and is made from some granite counter scraps. It's curious how the base matches the splotched door paint so well.. |  |
| Pinch-Me-Tight is made from scrap wood and sheet metal from a wrecked pickup truck. The name comes from a children's verse: "Adam n Eve n Pinch-Me-Tight went over the hill to see a fight. Adam n Eve came home, who stayed behind to see the fight.?" The piece is 11" by 25" |  |
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Celia is 21" by 27" by 1.25" and is made from hanger wire, scrap sheet metal and scrap wood. The frame was once part of a door frame scrounged from the curb in front of a house undergoing renovation. Celia moved to Memphis after graduating from high school in Racine, WI & is now an entertainer.She is happily married and has a set of twins. |