Two More Small Found Object Sculpture/Lamps / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

 

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/128326745

 

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/128327389

I’ve reblogged this post to another artist ‘problem solving’.

Cardboard Paintings

The past few days I have been working on the construction of my individual canvases.  There are three points I have been trying to improve with the canvases: efficiency, craft and storage.

For efficiency, I want to be able to make more of these canvases, or at least the parts to them, in shorter amounts of time.  The way I plan to do this is instead of making each individual one step by step, I will do steps in mass.  So I started with a 50 x 100 sheet of cardboard and then cut out 12 x 12 inch sheets of cardboard, maybe I’ll cut out 20 at a time instead of just one.  So I made templates to help me draw these steps on the cardboard.

So far I have made a decent collection of 12″ square pieces that I can just pick up and start working on one.

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Making It / Found Metal Artifact Accent Lamp Number 113 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

Another cool piece of rusty metal. Mounted on a beautiful piece of hardwood, with a vintage style light bulb.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/128320602/found-metal-artifact-accent-lamp

 

Making It / Found Metal Artifact Lamp Number 99 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

I love these pieces of metal that have had a useful life in their original purpose, and now have a new life where their aesthetic beauty can be appreciated.

These smaller sculpture/lamps aren’t any less expensive to make in terms of cost of materials, or time, but…………

https://www.etsy.com/listing/127597663/found-metal-artifact-lamp-number-99

 

Making It / Found Metal Artifact Lamp Number 49 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

Yet another piece of an exhaust system. I’ve mounted this on a block of Honey Locust hardwood.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/127484582/found-metal-artifact-lamp-number-49

 

 

Making It / Found Metal Artifact Lamp Number 117 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

This is a small sculpture that has an oriental feel to me. I’ve mounted it on a beautiful piece of Zebrawood.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/127477835/found-metal-artifact-lamp-number-117

 

Making It / Found Metal Artifact Sculpture Lamp Number 217 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

This part is another piece of an exhaust system. I’ve mounted this on a block of an African hardwood.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/127435783/found-metal-artifact

 

 

Making It / Found Metal Artifact Accent Lamp Number 101 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

I love using ‘found’ objects. This is some part of an exhaust system. Anybody can have something sleek and boring on their desk or shelf, but only adventurous individuals would choose something like this. If you aren’t that adventurous person, maybe you know someone who is that you can gift it to! I’ve mounted it on a beautiful Honey Locust base.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/127122540/found-metal-artifact-accent-lamp

 

 

Nebula Explorer Sculpture / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

This is another in my space theme series. I imagine it being flung into space like a giant frisbee. I’ve mounted it on a beautiful Zebrawood hardwood base.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126996392/nebula-explorer-sculpture

 

 

Found Metal Artifact Accent Lamp Number 67 / Michael Smith / Milwaukee, WI

I love using ‘found’ objects. I’m not sure what these are, but they are rusty and cool looking. Anybody can have something sleek and boring on their desk or shelf, but only adventurous individuals would choose something like this. If you aren’t that adventurous person, maybe you know someone who is that you can gift it to! I’ve mounted it on a beautiful Walnut Burl base.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126993767/found-metal-artifact