Metal Weavings - Tight and Open Designs - Woven Metal
Recently I have become very interested in the textural and design qualities of weavings.
Wavy Weaving (below) is made by weaving together strips of non-uniformly cuts strips of copper. It is then heat-colored with the oxy-acetylene torch to create a multiplicity of rhomboids with beautiful blues, purples, reds, browns and yellows. The colors appear to have an iridescent quality, reminiscent of abalone shell. I am making Wavy Weavings in numerous sizes: 12" x 36", 18"x24", 24"x36", 36"x48" and 36"x60". If you need a custom size, I can do it for you.
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Weaving 36"x60"x1/2" copper with fire colors (undulated shrinks to 36 x 52) |
Wavy
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Please note that all the patinas are difficult to control but can be biased, to a certain degree, to one color or another.
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| Spiral Woven Circle Copper with flame patina 48" x 48" x 3/4" |
Wavy Weaving with Central Circle Copper with flame patina 36 x 60 x 3/4 This weaving has a large circle woven into its center plus a tall thin rectangle on each side of it - very unusual |
Please note: accuracy of colors largely depends on your monitor and video card. I am working on a way for viewers to have some way to know that degree of accuracy. Stay tuned.
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Weaving 18" x 24" x 1/2" copper with fire colors (undulated shrinks to 18 x 21) |
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Weaving 24"x36"x1/2" copper with fire colors (undulated shrinks to 24 x 30)
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Framed Wavy
Weaving 24"x30"x2.5" this is an 18x24 wavy weaving in a shadowbox frame, with or without glass - this gives it a 'sacred object' look |
Open Weaving (below left) is made with straight strips and 3/4" square holes to reveal shadows and the wall behind. It is a flat piece, mounted on a rigid metal frame and can be hung vertically or horizontally. I can do almost any size up to 48" x 96".
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| Flat Open
Weaving copper with flame patina 24"x36"x1/2" also available in other sizes |
Round Weaving 16" x 16" x 1/2" copper with flame patina for my sister |
Blue
Waterfall 12" x 30"x3/4" copper with ammonia patina This piece was displayed in a frame |
New - circular spiral weavings in several sizes.
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| 36" Circular Spiral Weaving copper with flame patina 8-legged spiral with 16 'pie' pieces |
48" Circular Spiral Weaving |
New - woven triangular weavings in two sizes. Very beautiful and much more affordable than the 16-level Rotating Triangle.
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Woven Triangle |
Woven Triangle Copper with fire colors 48" x 48" x 48" x 3/4" |
Following are three more variations on a waterfall weaving design.
The concept is of water seeping out from under a ledge and catching the light as
it trickles down. They are all made with copper. The widest I have ever made was
84" - it's over a king size bed in a designer home in Des Moines.
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| Tuckerman Weaving 24"x64"x1/2" |
Waterfall Weaving with Circle #3 32"x52"x1/2" |
I am also working on weavings using aluminum and stainless
steel.