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Fish Fillet Forest Sculpture

Richard Arfsten

United States

Sculpture, Metal on Aluminium

Size: 12 W x 12 H x 2 D in

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Fish Fillet Forest When I carve polystyrene foam I use a home made hot loop tool I fashioned out of copper that I hooked onto my soldering iron. It has a lot of power and it made some interesting scrap pieces. No two were the same but they were all similar. I saved some and I made this design and it took me 25 years to figure out what it is. I was shopping at the market and looked at the selections in the fish display. There they were, a whole bunch in a package. I always thought of them as a rock or a crystal formation on some distant planet. When I stood them up they took on a organic look. Maybe they were a different kind of tree from another planet. A fish fillet forest. Whatever, you can see I try hard even if it is a groaner. Maybe it represents people standing in line before social distancing? Once I made a metal sculpture flower where all the leaves grew on on side of the stem. I thought I was so clever until I spent some time in New Zealand and there was one growing just like mine. The point is there as a lot of different kind of stuff if you just keep your eyes open. If this sculpture interests you there is much more on this site. Go to the upper right top and enter "Arfsten sculpture" in the search box to see many styles and themes of my work.

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Sculpture:Metal on Aluminium

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:12 W x 12 H x 2 D in

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I have an ambitious approach to life ... and to art ... make something happen every day ... but most of all have fun doing it! A sculptor first, and now working in 2D, I do my best to do just that. Presented here are examples of some of my work. •• My sculpture runs the gamut from abstract, to figurative, to architectural. The materials and methods used are diverse ... from figures modeled in clay or wax, then cast in pewter or bronze ... to aluminum maquettes (produced by evaporative pattern casting) which serve as the 3D blueprints for the pieces that are enlarged and fabricated from sheet metal of all kinds. •• My 2D pieces range from abstract to figurative. You’ll find Originals done in oils or acrylic, one-of-a-kind monotypes, collages, mixed media paintings, and more ... I love working in all mediums. Some of my 2D work may be available as reproductions on this site. ••• MY FASCINATION WITH SCIENCE FICTION & MAKE BELIEVE - When I was in second grade, television was new and the hottest thing. The "Adventures of Flash Gordon" was my favorite program. There was only one kid in the neighborhood who had a TV. We, all the kids, gathered at his house for every episode. I was a huge fan of the characters. Flash was cool and my hero. Dale Arden was OK but Princess Aura was way cooler because she was naughty. Ming The Mercilous was very interesting. But Dr. Zarkov and his super duper telescope - that could see into time forwards and backwards, far and near - was the star of the show for me. The spaceship was really hoakey. You could see the wire that it was traveling on and the little puffs of smoke coming out of it were a joke, even for me. But the concept of the show was magical. Also at that time there were radio shows about space travel and aliens and monsters. I would listen to those shows with my grandfather as I sat on the floor next to the big wooden box radio so I could get the full impact of the sounds. •• These shows inspired me to draw spaceships, mostly "new and improved" versions of Flash's ship. I taped them all over my bedroom walls. At night I would travel with Flash. We would go to distant parts of the Universe and explore ancient ruins - like what I saw in National Geographic when I was not looking at the bare-breasted girls of exotic cultures. (I think artists and sculptors, are to a large part, voyeurs.) Those memories pop up in my art over and over. •• Faces also intrigue and inspire me.

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