"Man in the City-Woman from the Country" Sculpture

That's Clever! : Episode HCLVR-147 -- More Projects »
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Project by Kate Valleroy from St. Charles, Mo.
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Kate Valleroy is a people watcher. But after this witty artist watches, she goes to work. Whether through found objects or mixed metals, she loves to exaggerate the diversity of people's lives and their surroundings into playful and humorous sculptures, as we'll see in her "Man from the City, Woman from the Country" where her connection to the subject this time is not as an observer, but instead as the subject herself, along with her husband--the man from the city.

Materials:

silver sheet (flat stock)
brass sheet
copper sheet (flat stock)
lead free solder
soldering tools/station
copper backing
sandpaper
Dremel tool
roll press
jeweler's saw
jeweler's file
buffer
pickle solution
crock-pot
patina
gloves
toothbrush
dish soap
rubber cement

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Figure A
Steps:

1. Draw the desired design of each scene (figure A).

2. Choose metals (brass, copper, silver) and designate what they'll be used for:


  • Copper: man, woman, cow, hanging hook, ears, fire hydrant, and street sign
  • Silver: background, woman's necklace, and man's collar
  • Brass: frame
Also in this Episode
That's Clever! : Episode HCLVR-147
•Rustic Driftwood Lamp
•Sock Dogs
•"Man in the City-Woman from the Country" Sculpture
•Cupcake Pincushions